Appeal No. 1997-1436 Page 11
Application No. 08/419,174
reproduced by the speaker 138 for the same length of time that
it was recorded. Then when the voice reproduction is
finished, the voice recording circuit inhibits input of any
voice from microphone 135 until the motor 22 comes to a
complete stop in order to prevent erroneous operations.
Several seconds after
the motor 22 has stopped, the microphone 135 returns to the
standby mode for receiving a voice.
From the teachings of Koguchi, we conclude that Koguchi
would not have suggested providing Hall Vandis with a sound
activated switch connecting Hall Vandis' batteries (i.e., the
source of power) and Hall Vandis' recording means (i.e., the
first means). We reach this conclusion based upon the failure
of Koguchi to teach or suggest a sound activated switch
connecting his batteries and his recording means.
The examiner's determination that the limitation that the
audio device include "a sound activated switch connecting said
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