Appeal No. 96-2742
Application No. 08/311,371
third communication means (55) for transmitting
electrical instruction signals from said carrying means to
said recording and reproducing means indicating that the
recording medium is ready to be loaded into said recording and
reproducing means and from said recording and reproducing
means to said carrying means indicating that the recording
medium is ready to be unloaded from said recording and
reproducing means, said third communication means being
separate from said control means.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Kuo 4,989,191 Jan. 29, 1991
Claims 1 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over appellants' admitted prior art as
shown in Figures 1-4 and described on pages 1-11 of the
specification in view of Kuo.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 30,
mailed March 25, 1996) and the Supplemental Examiner's Answer
(Paper No. 33, mailed August 13, 1996) for the examiner's
complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the
appellants' Brief (Paper No. 29, filed January 11, 1996) and
Reply Brief (Paper No. 31, filed May 28, 1996) for the
appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
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