Appeal No. 96-2742
Application No. 08/311,371
electrical instruction signals to the recording and
reproducing unit without going through the control means.
For the loading instruction signals from the carrying
means to the recording and reproducing unit, the examiner
relies (Answer, page 6) on lines 2-8 on page 6 of appellants'
specification:
The carrying apparatus 8 . . . inserts such
medium to the loading unit 6a of the recording and
reproducing unit 6, causes the loading unit 6a to
insert the recording medium into the loading unit 6a
and thereafter causes the carrying mechanism 8a to
be retired . . . .
The examiner asserts (Supplemental Answer, pages 1 and 2) that
the above-noted portion discloses that the carrying apparatus
"causes the loading unit 6a" to do something, and "[t]o cause
such an action, some sort of signal must be sent (via a
mechanical, electrical or other medium)."
In quoting the above portion (Answer, page 6), the
examiner substitutes "read/write processing unit 6b" for the
last occurrence of "loading unit 6a" as "an attempt to make it
read as it is believed [was] intended" (Supplemental Answer,
page 2). Further, the examiner alludes to a potential issue
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph. Thus, the examiner
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