Appeal No. 97-3201
Application No. 08/360,866
The opposing viewpoints of the appellant are set forth in
the Appeal Brief.
OPINION
The Rejection Under Section 102
Anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)is established
only when a single prior art reference discloses, either
expressly or under the principles of inherency, each and every
element of the claimed invention. See In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d
1475, 1480-1481, 31 USPQ2d 1671, 1675 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
The claim before us is directed to a reel table driving
device for use in a video cassette recorder. The mechanism
requires, inter alia, a pair of idlers disposed adjacent to a
supply reel table and a take-up reel table, with each of the
idlers including axially spaced first and second gears with
said second gear of the first idler having more
teeth than the first gear of the first idler to
rotate the supply reel table at a relatively high
speed, and said second gear of the second idler has
[sic, having] fewer teeth than the first gear of the
second idler to rotate the take-up reel table at a
relatively low speed.
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