Appeal No. 96-0209
Application 07/922,501
References Relied on by the Examiner
Yoshio (Yoshio `073) 0 384, 073 Aug. 29, 1990
(European Patent)
Yoshio et al. (Yoshio) 5,130,966 Jul. 14, 1992
Otsubo et al. (Otsubo) 5,177,728 Jan. 5, 1993
The Rejections on Appeal
Claims 1, 4, 6, 8 and 10-15 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by the European '073
reference.
Claim 2 stands finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the European '073 reference and Otsubo.
Claims 3, 5, 7 and 9 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over the European '073 reference and
Yoshio.
The Invention
The invention is directed to a recorded information
reproducing device for reproducing a music sound from an
information recording medium on which recorded music information
and control information are recorded according to MIDI standards.
The recorded information reproducing device includes a music
information reproduction means for decoding the encoded music
information to output a reproduced music signal, and a control
information reproduction means for decoding the control
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