Appeal No. 2005-2230
Application No. 10/120,307
Appellants' position (Brief, page 6) is that Rangan fails to
teach marking video signals for searching selected portions.
Appellants assert (Brief, page 7) that in Rangan, "[a]lthough a
user of the Rangan system can get to a desired portion by
scanning over the video, the visual scanning Rangan would support
does not utilize or rely on marking in order to conduct a
search," as recited in the claims. Appellants further explain
that to retrieve a portion of the video rope, the user must
playback each interval until the appropriate one is found. There
is no marking to search. Additionally, with regard to Rangan's
optical disc, appellants contend (Reply Brief, page 4) that the
examiner has provided no evidence to support his assertion that
marking is inherent in optical disc storage.
We agree with appellants. We find nothing in Rangan that
suggests searchable markers. Although portions of the video or
audio signal can be accessed, Rangan does not teach or suggest
that they are marked such that the markers can be searched.
Further, the examiner has failed to provide evidence to support
the assertion that Rangan's optical disc inherently includes
searchable markers. Accordingly, we cannot sustain the
anticipation rejection of claims 21 and 39.
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