Appeal No. 96-0552
Application 08/146,525
At the outset, we note that claim 18 has been reproduced
above because of the note made by the examiner at the bottom of
page 2 of the answer. Claim 18 as reproduced in the brief is not
claim 18 on appeal. The above reproduced version of claim 18 is
the original unamended version of this claim, since claim 18 has
not been amended during the prosecution of the application.
As to independent claim 1, we agree with appellant’s view
that Campbell does not show or even suggest a portable video
camera that has a separate power supply and recording unit
located on opposite sides of an operator. Although we find that
col. 4, lines 42 to 49 do teach that the bulk of a recorder as
well as its power supply may be separated into two components in
separate containers, this portion and any other portion of
Campbell do not indicate that the power supply is located on an
opposite side of the operator from where the recorder unit is
located as required by independent claim 1 on appeal. In a
related sense, the distribution of the weight feature recited in
claim 1 and at the end of independent claim 11 on appeal is also
not taught in Campbell. Therefore, the artisan would not have
been placed in possession of the presently claimed invention in
independent claims 1 and 11 as is required by 35 U.S.C. § 102.
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