Appeal No. 1997-3909
Application 08/430,090
“multimedia file reproduction” (page 1, line 8) much like
Yabuuchi’s “system which processes multi-media documents”
(page 2, lines 3,4). Appellant’s specification recites “The
message reproduction means provide for example for the
reproduction of annotations to a document being displayed,...”
(page 1, lines 10-12), much like Yabuuchi’s “voice processing
of annotating voice messages to a document” (see abstract).
Thus, for the reasons noted supra, we will sustain the
Examiner’s rejection of claim 10, and likewise claims 14 and
15 which stand or fall in the same group.
Looking at the Group II claims, with claim 11 being
the representative claim, Appellant argues that the control
for switching between first and second speech velocities
operates during reproduction of a selected help message.
Appellant contends the Examiner has completely ignored this
limitation. Appellant notes that Yabuuchi selects playback
speed from a menu (Figure 12) and closes this menu at the same
time playback is initiated, thus Yabuuchi is devoid of speed
switching during playback. (Reply brief-pages 12 and 13).
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