Appeal No. 97-0610
Application No. 08/346,689
Claim 18 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
18. An adaptive data recovery apparatus for a data
storage disk, the data recovery apparatus comprising:
memory means for storing a plurality of data recovery
routines;
selection means for selecting any of the plurality of
data recovery routines in accordance with a type of data; and
control means, coupled to the selection and memory means,
for performing the selected data recovery routines to correct
an error when reading data from the data storage disk.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Moriyama et al. (Moriyama) 4,654,853 Mar. 31,
1987
Cunningham et al. (Cunningham) 5,379,162 Jan. 3,
1995
(filed Aug. 19,
1993)
Claims 1 through 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Cunningham in view of Moriyama.
Reference is made to the brief and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will sustain the 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claims 1,
2
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