Appeal No. 96-0209
Application 07/922,501
24. The control information reproduction means is composed of
the information read system 200, the pre-amplifier part 2, the
audio data decode circuit 24 and the control data decode circuit
25. On pages 24 and 27, the specification further states that
audio data corresponds to musical information and control data
corresponds to control information.
Thus, in the context of the appellants' specification, the
claimed music information reproduction means provides an already
decoded audio signal outputted from an audio data decode circuit,
which is directly introducible to a digital/analog converter and
an audio amplifier to furnish an audio output (spec. at 19-20).
The control information reproduction means adds a control data
decode circuit to the components of the music information
reproduction means, which receives as input a signal from the
audio data decode circuit (spec. at pages 19 and 22).
The examiner has provided no reasonable explanation, and
certainly has not established, why it would be appropriate to
regard elements 30, 31 and 32 in the European '073 reference as
being identical to the appellants' claimed music information
reproduction means or an equivalent thereof. Element 30 is a
subcode error correction circuit; element 31 is a subcode
decoder; element 32 is a memory unit (column 6, lines 24-40).
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