Ex parte JANG - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 97-3201                                                                                                                     
                 Application No. 08/360,866                                                                                                             


                          The appellant's invention is directed to a video cassette                                                                     
                 recorder reel table driving device.  The claim on appeal can                                                                           
                 be found in an appendix to the Appeal Brief.                                                                                           


                                                               THE REFERENCES                                                                           
                          The reference relied upon by the examiner to support the                                                                      
                 final rejection is:                                                                                                                    

                 Japanese application (Akagi)                      2                     58-150158                           Sep.                       
                 6, 1983                                                                                                                                


                                                               THE REJECTIONS                                                                           
                          Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being                                                                     
                 anticipated by the Japanese reference.                                                                                                 
                          Claim 1 also stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                                                                         
                 being unpatentable over the Japanese reference.3                                                                                       
                          The rejections are explained in the Examiner's Answer.                                                                        




                          2Our understanding of this reference has been obtained                                                                        
                 from a PTO translation, a copy of which is enclosed.                                                                                   
                          3These rejections were set forth in the Examiner’s Answer                                                                     
                 as being in the alternative.                                                                                                           
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