Appeal No. 95-3918
Application 07/971,274
the invention was made to provide the disk container of Inaba
with a base comprising a plurality of ribs extending inwardly
from the upright walls as shown by Larson so as to provide
structural support to the base housing of the disk container,
thereby preventing undue damage to the disk (Examiner’s Answer
at page 5). The examiner also reasons that it would have been
obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art to furnish
the disk recorder container of Inaba with an interior wall
providing a friction fit at the periphery of the disk so that
the disc would have been released by flexing the disc holder
(Examiner’s Answer at page 6).
Appellants argue that Inaba requires two sides of a
holder to hold the disc in place while in appellant’s disc
holder the disc is held solely by friction fit.
We agree with appellants. In addition, as the disc
in Inaba is held in place by the cooperating plates, we can
ascertain no motivation in the prior art to modify Inaba so as
to provide a friction fit even if we assume that Specter
discloses a friction fit. Finally, as Inaba discloses a disc
with a hub which is held in place by cooperating plates,
Larson discloses a disk assembly in which the disk is held by
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