Appeal No. 97-1398
Application 08/295,225
rejection of claims 2, 4-6, 11-14, 17, 28, 30-32, 35, 38, and 41
as unpatentable over Fujimura in view of Sasaki is reversed, as
are the rejection of claims 7 and 8 based on Fujimura in view of
Sasaki and Nelson and the rejection of claims 9, 10, 17, and 39
based on Fujimura in view of Sasaki, Nagaoka, and Kubota.
C. New Ground of Rejection under 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b), claim 3 is hereby rejected
under § 102 as anticipated by Nowicki et al. (Nowicki) U.S.
Patent 3,978,520, which is described at column 1, lines 23-41 of
Siddiq and which is cited in appellants' specification (at 9) as
disclosing a suitable material for the front side recordable
abrasive material. A copy of Nowicki was submitted with
appellants' Information Disclosure Statement received March 23,
1993 (paper No. 4). Nowicki discloses "a magnetic recording tape
product having sufficient abrasivity for rapid and thorough
removal of deposits of foreign matter from the head surfaces
while at the same time providing magnetically recorded signals
capable of producing at the video monitor a high quality pattern"
(col. 2, lines 13-21). Nowicki also discloses that the tape is
installed in a cassette for insertion into a vtr (video tape
recorder) (col. 3, lines 49-52). It is well known that a tape
cassette includes supply and takeup reels. As a result, the
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