Ex parte PINES et al. - Page 4



          Appeal No. 95-1942                                                          
          Application 08/135,190                                                      

          dispute their availability as prior art with respect to the                 
          claims on appeal.                                                           
                    Appellants argue claims 7 and 17 together and claim               
          16 separately (Brief at 4).                                                 







                                       OPINION                                        
                    The Rowe reference, under the heading "Table 2-2.                 
          Menu & Command Descriptions," provides the following                        
          description of codes 61 and 62:                                             
                    61   Priorities - Displays and sets priority                      
                         selections (10 maximum).  When these selections              
                         are made by the customer, they will be inserted              
                         at the top of the play list and they will be                 
                         played next (see Programming, Autoplay,                      
                         Premiums, Priorities, and Lockouts).                         
                    62   Premiums - Displays and sets premium selections.             
                         These selections (25 maximum) will be priced at              
                         twice the regular price (see Programming,                    
                         Autoplay, Premiums, Priorities, and Lockouts).               
          (Emphasis in original.)  The Pioneer reference includes the                 
          following description under the heading "Service mode                       
          function":                                                                  
                    A maximum of 25 songs/discs (PRIORITY songs/discs)                
                    can be set for inserting at the beginning of a                    
                    reserved song.                                                    


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