Appeal No. 1999-2020
Application D-29/058,031
CD to present a relatively short music or information track
rather than do so on the smaller prior art disk. Benne in
part is also concerned with such limited information content
CDs as indicated at least at column 5, lines 21 through 33 and
in the latter portions of column 8. Benne is also concerned
with the overall visual appearance of the CD as a whole as
discussed in the summary of the invention at column 2, as well
as the last two paragraphs of column 8.
Figures 1 and 2 of Benne appear to be the most pertinent
to the issue at hand. The corresponding outer zone A depicted
in Figure 1 is most analogous to the subject matter of the
characterization feature of the claimed invention before us.
Figure 2 and the discussion thereof at column 5 depicts
different approaches to achieve Benne's aims. In this
respect, appellants have fairly described in the brief the
subject matter of Benne in that this region A generally has
disposed within or on it a matte finish or some other light-
diffusing or light-absorbing imprint for purposes of
concealing defects within that region, such as would be
visible when a limited content CD is made and the radial
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