Appeal No. 1997-2316
Application No. 08/329,616
bottom surface of said first positioning recess as a
circle having a diameter corresponding to said second
diameter and a
third positioning recess for holding and positioning a
third disc having a third diameter smaller than said
second diameter, said third positioning recess being
formed as a rectangle corresponding to the contour of
a disc cartridge containing said third disc having the
third diameter.
The Japanese references relied on by the examiner are:
Suzuki 61-206961 Sept. 13,
1986
(Published Japanese Kokai Patent Application)
Suzuki 61-206962 Sept. 13,
1986
(Published Japanese Kokai Patent Application)
Suzuki 61-233465 Oct. 17,
1986
(Published Japanese Kokai Patent Application)
Claims 1 and 3 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Suzuki ‘962 in view of Suzuki
‘465.
Claims 1 and 3 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Suzuki ‘961 in view of Suzuki
‘465.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answers for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
The obviousness rejections of claims 1 and 3 through 18
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