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. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007