Appeal No. 96-4202
Application 08/033,181
of appellant and the examiner, we reverse both rejections under
35 U.S.C. 103 because it is our view that the examiner has failed
to establish a case of prima facie obviousness.
Both independent claims 1 and 7 require, inter alia,
that there be recorded on the lead-in section of the disc
recording state information regarding each set of data wherein
the recording state information includes reproduction information
indicating whether to inhibit reproduction of any recorded
encoded set of data. The claims further require that a
controller selectively mask unnecessary recorded encoded sets of
data "by changing the reproduction information to indicate
inhibition of reproduction of such set of recorded encoded data
while retaining the information indicating the order of
recording" and that the controller selectively cancel the mask
"by changing the reproduction information to indicate non-
inhibition of reproduction of such set of recorded encoded data
while retaining the information indicating the order of
recording."
While the examiner contends that a controller means, as
claimed, is taught or suggested by elements 25-28 of Takahashi
'765 or by element 37 of Sako as modified by Takahashi '116, our
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