a second recording area on which information is recorded
and reproduced while the disc is rotated at a second linear
velocity, each of the first recording area and the second
recording area comprising guide grooves having a wobble
frequency free from interference with a frequency band of an
EFM signal.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
The admitted prior art as shown in Figures 2A and 2B of the
application.
Claims 1-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being clearly anticipated by the admitted prior art of Figures
2A and 2B.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the examiner and the
evidence of anticipation relied upon by the examiner as
support for the rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and
taken into consideration, in reaching our decision, the
appellants’ arguments set forth in the briefs along with the
examiner’s rationale in support of the rejection and arguments
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