Appeal No. 1998-1798 Page 10
Application No. 08/596,538
member 24 and having a rotatable outer rotor 27; and a roller
member 35 mounted on and around the outer rotor 27 of the
motor 23. The movable base member 24 and motor 23 are
positioned within the tape drive apparatus 100 such that when
the drive roller 9 of the data cartridge 5 has been inserted
into the tape drive apparatus 100, the drive roller 9 directly
contacts and bears upon the roller member 35 and is thereby
driven rotatably by the motor 23 upon rotation of the rotor 27
of the motor 23.
After the scope and content of the prior art are
determined, the differences between the prior art and the
claims at issue are to be ascertained. Graham v. John Deere
Co., 383 U.S. 1, 17-18, 148 USPQ 459, 467 (1966).
Based on our analysis and review of Ohkubo and claims 1
and 17 (the independent claims on appeal), it is our opinion
that the only differences are: (1) claim 1 recites that the
movable plate is arranged "to move in a linear direction
parallel to a direction of insertion of the tape cartridge in
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