Appeal No. 95-3161
Application 08/090,921
References relied on by the Examiner
Taylor et al. (Taylor) 5,153,862 Oct. 06, 1992
Tamachi JA 64-50275 Feb. 27,
1989
(Japanese patent)
The Rejections on Appeal
Claims 1, 5 and 9 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite.
Claims 1, 5, and 9 also stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tamachi and Taylor.
The Invention
The invention is directed to an optical disk cartridge
handling apparatus. The sole independent claim, claim 1, is
reproduced below:
1. An optical disk cartridge handling apparatus for
storing, handling, reading and writing of optical discs
stored in cartridges which store data, comprising:
(a) an enclosed cartridge magazine for
protection of the cartridges with an open front
removable from the apparatus for loading and
unloading all the cartridges as a group in the
apparatus, the magazine having slots and
cartridge retainer means therein for vertically
storing and releasably holding the cartridges,
and a cartridge magazine alignment means, to
index and guide the magazine in one way only
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