Appeal No. 96-3242
Application 08/458,012
The invention relates to a data disc on which text data
such as a dictionary or an encyclopedia is recorded. The text
data recorded on the data disc is retrieved by obtaining
retrieval item data on the basis of index data recorded on the
data disc. The text data is associated with the retrieval
item data which allows for the retrieval of the text data.
Independent claim 20 is reproduced as follows:
20. An optical disc recorded with data in a CD-ROM
format and International Standards Organization
(ISO) format standard 9660, the disc comprising a
volume descriptor including a positioning
information of a route directory and at least one
file name data, a route directory and at least one
file, the route directory including at least
positioning data of the file and length data of the
file, the file having literature supervising data,
main text data including at least letter or
character data and a plurality of index data for
retrieving the main text data and being constituted
as a tree structure, the literature supervising data
being arranged in a lead position of the file and
including address data of the plurality of index
data and the main text data.
The reference relied on by the Examiner is as follows:
Miura et al. (Miura) 5,359,580 Oct. 25, 1994
Claims 20 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102
as being anticipated by Miura or in the alternative under 35
U.S.C.
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