Appeal No. 1997-4444
Application 08/427,884
extracting the cassette from said occupied port and
inserting the cassette into said vacant port; and
a reference mechanical structure defining a
reference position from which the cassette is insertable
into said vacant port, said reference mechanical
structure being fixed to said movable carrier assembly;
said engaging assembly repositioning the cassette to
said reference position defined by said reference
mechanical structure prior to inserting the cassette into
said vacant port.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Rudy et al. (Rudy) 4,685,095 August 4,
1987
Verhagen 4,922,478 May 1,
1990
Tomita 5,036,503 July 30,
1991
Satoh et al. (Satoh) 5,146,375 September 8,
1992
Elliott et al. (Elliott) 5,353,179 October
4, 1994
Yamakawa et al. (Yamakawa) 5,402,283 March 28,
1995
Uchiumi2 5-314613 November 26,
1993
(Japanese Kokai Patent Application)
Claims 1, 13-18, and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
A translation of Uchiumi accompanies this decision.2
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