Appeal No. 97-0445
Application 08/170,020
Rejection of Claims 1, 4, 7 and 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 102
The Examiner has rejected these claims as being
anticipated by Hasegawa. We take claim 1 as representative.
We have considered Appellant's arguments [brief, pages 4] and
Examiner’s position and response [answer, pages 3 and 8] in
regard to claim 1. We find that Hasegawa does anticipate
claim 1. Hasegawa discloses: “a plurality of ... disk holders
... where each ... a cutout portion” [claim 1, lines 3 to 5]
in the form of holders 1 and 3, with respective cutout 5 and
9, figure 1; “a compact disk player assembly movable ...
cutout portion of the holders” [claim 1, lines 6 to 8] in
figure 10 where disk
player assembly comprising of 13, 14 and 15 moves vertically;
“means ... moving said assembly ... therethrough” [claim 1,
lines 9 to 11] in figure 10 and also figure 1 where selection
of the disk to be played and the vertical movement of the
assembly is shown; and “means for moving the holder ... within
the player” [claim 1, lines 12 to 18] is shown in figures 1,
2, and 10 where the cache position is defined as where the
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