Ex parte PARKS - Page 3




                Appeal No. 96-1854                                                                                                            
                Application No. 08/067,992                                                                                                    


                         The references relied on by the examiner are:                                                                        
                Beausoleil et al. (Beausoleil)      3,740,723     June 19, 1973                                                               
                Slade                               4,863,384     Sept. 5, 1989                                                               
                Nomura et al. (Nomura)              5,097,349     Mar. 17, 1992                                                               
                Ardis et al. (Ardis)                5,172,281     Dec. 15, 1992                                                               
                         Claims 1, 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                                                            
                being unpatentable over Ardis in view of Nomura.                                                                              
                         Claims 2 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                                                         
                unpatentable over Ardis in view of Nomura and Beausoleil.                                                                     
                         Claims 6, 7 and 10 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                                                         
                § 103 as being unpatentable over Ardis in view of Slade.                                                                      
                         Claims 8 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                                                         
                unpatentable over Ardis in view of Slade and Beausoleil.                                                                      
                         Reference is made to the brief  and the answer for the2                                                                  
                respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.                                                                       
                                                                 OPINION                                                                      
                         We have carefully considered the entire record before us,                                                            
                and the obviousness rejection of claims 1 through 12 is reversed.                                                             
                         Ardis discloses a video transcript retriever that includes a                                                         
                video cassette recorder/player for videotaping a deposition, a                                                                
                video timecode generator/reader, and a control computer with                                                                  
                software for controlling the timecode generator/reader and the                                                                

                         2As indicated in paper number 15, the reply brief was not                                                            
                entered by the examiner.                                                                                                      
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