Appeal No. 1997-1240 Application 07/881,753 same format as that of the high definition television signal and a same field frequency as that of the standard television signal and an aspect ratio conversion processing to convert the double rate signal into a signal having a same aspect ratio as that of the high definition television signal; a high definition television signal recording and/or reproducing means for recording and/or reproducing a high definition signal in accordance with a given format; and servo control means for performing servo control in given recording and reproducing modes on recording and reproducing, respectively in response to an output from said recording mode presetting means; one of said first and second recording modes being selected in response to an output from said recording mode presetting means so that the high definition television signal is recorded and/or reproduced by said recording and/or reproduc- ing means when the first recording mode is selected and an output signal from said high definition processing means is recorded and/or reproduced by said recording and/or reproduc- ing means when said second recording mode is selected. The Examiner relies on the following references: Honjo 4,963,991 Oct. 16, 1990 Katsumata et al. (Katsumata) 5,353,065 Oct. 4, 1994 Claims 1 through 16, 18, 20 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Katsumata in view of Honjo. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007