Appeal No. 1998-0998
Application 08/426,069
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A cartridge which comprises a case consisting of upper and lower shells joined
and containing a recording medium therein, said case having a slot formed to expose the
recording medium partly, a shutter which rests astride on one edge portion of the case and
is slidable between an open position where the shutter opens the slot and a closed
position where the shutter closes the slot, and a locking member which keeps the shutter in
the closed position, said case having a recess formed in a portion of a peripheral edge of
said case adjacent and external to the shutter, defined by a cutout across the entire
thickness of the case, to receive an unlocking member from a recording-reproducing unit,
said locking member having an exposed portion exposed partly in the recess for access of
the unlocking member, so that when the unlocking member pushes the locking member on
the exposed portion, a hooked head of the locking member is disengaged from an
engaging projection formed inside an end face of the shutter.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Koyama et al. (Koyama) 0,218,231 Apr. 15, 1987
(European Patent Application)
Claims 1 and 3 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Koyama.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the Examiner, reference is
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made to the Briefs and Answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1 and 3 through 7 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103.
1Appellants filed an Appeal Brief on April 14, 1997. Appellants filed a Reply Brief
on September 15, 1997. The Examiner mailed an office communication on January 22,
1998, stating that the Reply Brief has been entered and considered, but no further
response by the Examiner is deemed necessary.
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