Appeal No. 1998-2502
Application No. 08/525,007
and
control means responsive to said detecting means for
controlling said carriage and said device transferring
means such that the data storing device is transferred
when said carriage is conveyed to a reference position in
front of one of the magazine and the drive unit, and when
said detecting means detects that the data storing device
is not transferred in a prior attempt, the carriage is
displaced from said reference position to a new position
along said predetermined conveying path and the data
storing device is transferred again.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Numasaki 5,001,582 Mar. 19,
1991
Claims 1-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Numasaki, while claims 13-29 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Numasaki.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We reverse.
We agree with the examiner that Numasaki discloses a
system similar to the instant invention wherein the automatic
changing of an information storage medium is effected.
Numasaki discloses a magazine having slots for accommodating
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