Appeal No. 1997-3977
Application No. 08/267,579
As pointed out by the examiner (Answer, page 3), Roth
monitors the buffer memory fill level. However, Roth does not
display the fill level. Roth states (column 5, lines 62-66)
that "[f]or the purpose of controlling the recording process
and the microcomputer 10, the input buffer memory 6 further
supplies an indication signal Vg1 which is indicative of the
degree of filling of the input buffer memory 6." In other
words, the fill level is monitored for the computer to control
the recording process.
Wakabayashi, on the other hand, is directed to an
electronic timepiece for which a semiconductor memory is
provided for writing voice data. The recording capacity of
the semiconductor memory is monitored and displayed so that
the person recording the voice data can vary the timing of the
recording so as not to exceed the memory capacity and have
part of the data omitted from the recording. The examiner
asserts (Answer, page 3) that "it was notoriously well-known
to display any and all monitored recording/reproducing
aspects, to provide an end user with an indication of the
recording/reproducing performance" and that "Wakabayashi et
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