Appeal No. 97-1398
Application 08/295,225
magnetic particles for recording and is smoother (Spec. at 9,
lines 1-13).
The only independent claims are claims 2, 3, and 30.
Appellants' brief, which discusses only the rejections given in
the final Office action, groups the claims as follows (at 8):
(a) claims 2, 4, 5, 11, 17, 28, 38, and 39;
(b) claims 3, 12, and 35;
(c) claim 6;
(d) claim 7;
(e) claim 8;
(f) claims 9 and 10;
(g) claims 13, 14, and 41; and
(h) claims 30-32 and 40.
However, as the examiner correctly notes (Answer at 2), because
claim 40 depends on claim 3 rather than on claim 30, it is being
treated as standing or falling with claim 3.
The broadest independent claim insofar as the composition of
the tape is concerned is claim 3, which reads as follows:
3. A VCR component cleaning cassette for cleaning at least
VCR heads and tape guides comprising:
a videocassette housing having an opening through which tape
is pulled during a play mode;
a supply reel mounted in the housing;
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