Appeal No. 1997-3478
Application 08/397,648
evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Fujita.
Rather than repeat the positions of appellants and the
examiner, reference is made to the Brief and the Answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
It is our view, after consideration of the record before
us, that the reference to Fujita and the level of skill in the
particular art would not have suggested to one of ordinary
skill in the art the obviousness of the invention as set forth
in claims 1 to 6. In reaching our conclusion on the issues
raised in this appeal, we have carefully considered
appellants’ specification and claims, the applied reference,
and the respective viewpoints of appellants and the examiner.
As a consequence of our review, we find that the applied prior
art to Fujita fails to teach or suggest the feature of
representative claim 1 on appeal of a disc cassette having a
rectangular recess with an inclined or angled back wall of
claim 3 of a back wall having perpendicular and inclined
portions, and of claim 4 of a back wall having an inclined
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