Appeal No. 1997-1436 Page 7
Application No. 08/419,174
differences between Hall Vandis and claim 13. Accordingly, we
will do so.
Hall Vandis discloses a therapeutic doll figure having a
doll body with at least a head section 10 and a torso section
12. Hall Vandis teaches that a transport, such as a tape
transport 50, with a recordable medium, such as a tape
cassette, is located within the doll body and is capable of
having a message recorded thereon and which message may also
be reproduced therefrom. A speaker 80 is located within the
doll for generating the reproduced message. A microphone 82
can be located on the doll and connected to the tape transport
for recording a message on the tape cassette. Further, a
manually actuated on-off switch 66, a record switch 84 and a
play switch 86 are provided for the tape transport. Hall
Vandis further discloses that the tape transport 50 including
the associated electrical circuitry 64 can be conveniently
mounted within a rectangularly shaped casing 70
located within the torso section 12 of the doll body toward
the rearward portion thereof. Hall Vandis also teaches that
the tape transport 50 including the circuitry 64 can be
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