Appeal No. 96-2742
Application No. 08/311,371
The only limitation of claim 1 in dispute is a third
communication means. All other limitations are clearly shown
in appellants' admitted prior art, Figures 1-4. In particular
claim 1 requires
third communication means (55) for transmitting
electrical instruction signals from said carrying
means to said recording and reproducing means
indicating that the recording medium is ready to be
loaded into said recording and reproducing means and
from said recording and reproducing means to said
carrying means indicating that the recording medium
is ready to be unloaded from said recording and
reproducing means, said third communication means
being separate from said control means (underlining
added for emphasis).
We will focus our discussion on the underlined portions.
Independent claims 12, 13, and 16 recite method steps drawn to
the transmission of a loading instruction signal directly to
the recording and reproducing means from the carrying means.
Claim 7
includes electrical instruction signals from the carrying
means directly to the recording and reproducing means. Claims
14, 15, and 17 recite ejection electrical end signals from the
carrying means directly to the recording and reproducing
means. In other words, the carrying means must transmit
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