Appeal No. 1997-4395
Application No. 08/351,044
32. In an automatic phonograph having a compact disc
player adapted to read from a compact disc encoded
information as to the starting time, ending time,
and reported elapsed playing time of each selection
on the disc, apparatus comprising:
means responsive to starting a selection for
generating a measured elapsed time signal
synchronized with a reported elapsed time signal
read from the disc;
means for comparing said measured elapsed time
signal with said reported elapsed time signal;
means responsive to said comparing means for
recording a skip when the difference between said
measured elapsed time signal and said reported
elapsed time signal is greater than a predetermined
amount; and
means for resynchronizing said measured elapsed
time signal to correspond with said reported elapsed
time signal upon the occurrence of said skip so that
subsequent skips can be detected and recorded.
There are no references relied on by the examiner.
The parent application was the subject of Appeal 1994-
0365 decided January 31, 1994, in which a panel of this Board
in-part affirmed the rejection of claims 3 through 9 under the
enablement portion of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112,
while reversing the rejection of the examiner as to claims 1
2
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