Appeal No. 1998-2514
Application No. 08/426,917
towards and into engagement with a cassette to selectively transfer a cassette from
a cassette shelf to said cassette carrying cavity, and (c) for selectively transporting
said cassette transport unit in the direction of said third axis, at the end of said
second mode when said cassette supporting segment is disposed below said
cassette shelf, to move said plate away from and out of engagement with said
cassette to selectively transfer a cassette from said cassette carrying cavity to a
cassette shelf.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Blumberg 4,734,005 Mar. 29, 1988
Motoyoshi et al. (Motoyoshi) 4,827,463 May 2, 1989
Suzuki et al. (Suzuki) 4,910,619 Mar. 20, 1990
Searle 5,235,474 Aug. 10, 1993
Tsuyumine et al. (Tsuyumine) 3-063959 Mar. 19, 1991
(published Japanese patent application)2
Claims 1, 5, and 42-44 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Suzuki, Motoyoshi, and Blumberg.
Claims 6-8, 21, and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Suzuki, Motoyoshi, Blumberg, and Searle.
Claims 23-25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Suzuki, Motoyoshi, Blumberg, and Tsuyumine.
We refer to the Rejection (Paper No. 6) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 9)
for a statement of the examiner's position and to the Brief (Paper No. 8 ) and the Reply
The rejection refers to the reference by a translation of the assignee's name, "Matsushita Electric2
Ind Co Ltd." An English translation of the document has been provided by the USPTO, and has been
placed in the instant file wrapper.
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