Appeal No. 95-4553 Page 2
Application No. 08/057,548
instance, the door covering the cassette opening in a video
cassette recorder (VCR) might be locked after thirty seconds
if no key on a remote control is pressed, to prevent tampering
by, for example, inquisitive children. The sole independent
claim on appeal illustrates the claimed subject matter (Paper
No. 6 (Amdt. A, filed 23 May 1994) at 1-2):
1. A method for locking a door of a housing of a
recording/reproduction device, said method
comprising the steps of:
judging whether an input key has been operated;
and
locking the door of the housing if said input
key has not been operated for a predetermined
elapsed time period, said locking step being
conducted independently of the operating status of
the recording/reproduction device.
The examiner rejected claims 1-4 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as anticipated by
Sander 4,851,937 25 July 1989
Claims 5-8 have been rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as having
been obvious in view of Sander and the examiner's official
notice of cassette recorder doors. (Paper No. 12 (Ex. Ans.)
at 3-4.)
Sander discloses a secure communications recorder.
Passwords entered through a keypad 32 are used to unlock the
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