Appeal No. 1999-0225
Application No. 08/563,188
said tape recording medium and outputting the same to said data
transfer means;
said data transfer means transferring said audio-visual data
among any of the elements selected from among said disc recording
and reproducing means, said tape recording and reproducing means,
said first input/output means, and said second input/output means;
said first input/output means receiving an analog audio-visual
signal from a first outside apparatus, converting the same to
audio-visual data of a digital format, and outputting the same to
said data transfer means and converting said audio-visual data
transferred from said data transfer means to an audio-visual signal
of the analog format and outputting the same to a second outside
apparatus; and said second input/output means receiving audio-
visual data from a communication line connected to a third outside
apparatus and outputting the same to said data transfer means and
outputting said audio-visual data transferred from said data
transfer means to a communication line connected to a fourth
outside apparatus.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Tindall 4,839,745 Jun. 13, 1989
Lang 5,164,839 Nov. 17, 1992
Schnorf 5,367,341 Nov. 22, 1994
Honjo 5,432,769 Jul. 11, 1995
(filed Apr. 20, 1993)
Claims 1-7 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness, the Examiner offers Schnorf in view of
Lang with respect to claims 1, 2, and 6, adds Honjo to the basic
combination with respect to claims 3-5, and adds Tindall to the
basic combination with respect to claim 7.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Brief (Paper no. 15) and Answer
(Paper No. 16) for the respective details.
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