Appeal No. 97-1758 Page 6
Application No. 08/326,721
Regarding independent claim 13, the examiner
characterizes Wanger as follows.
Wanger ‘255 discloses a disk cartridge storage and
retrieval system comprising (col. 1, lines 40-50) a
plurality of disk cartridges in storage locations; a
sleeve assembly 18 for temporarily storing one of
the disk cartridges for transportation (see Fig. 1)
including a front end having an aperture for
receiving a cartridge and a back end opposite said
first end; a carriage 234 for precisely
position[ing] the sleeve with the aperture adjacent
to a storage location; said sleeve being rotatably
mounted to said carriage at a first mounting
location 176 and at second mounting location 122,
said first mounting location being adjacent said
aperture. (Final Rejection at 3.)
In response the appellant observes, “Wanger expressly teaches
that the sleeve assembly is attached to the carriage only at
one point and that the one point is in the rear of the sleeve
assembly.” (Appeal Br. at 12.)
We find that Wanger fails to teach the mounting of claim
13. The claim recites in pertinent part a “sleeve being
rotatably mounted to the carriage at first and second mounting
locations, the first mounting location being adjacent the
aperture.” (Appeal Br., App. A at 4.) Wanger teaches a
“guide assembly supporting assembly 225,” col. 7, l. 66, for
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