Ex parte HAMAGUCHI et al. - Page 4




          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.                                                              

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