Appeal No. 1997-4444
Application 08/427,884
The "accurate position" defines a reference position on
the locating platen. The phrase "free of vertical positioning
errors of said cassette" indicates that the "accurate
position" is not affected by positioning errors of the
cassette; it does not imply that it might somehow be affected
by the cassette as noted by the Examiner. As to the term
"accurate," such terms are relative and do not imply absolute
precision. The locating platen surface defines an "accurate
position" in the sense that all cassettes will be located at
this same position, not at a location displaced from the
optimum position relative to the carrier due to the tolerances
when the cassette is removed from the tape drive unit or
storage unit. While the language may not be perfect, it is
considered definite to one of ordinary skill in the art. This
reason for the rejection of claim 1 is reversed.
The Examiner states that "[i]n claim 13, it is unclear
how the 'control unit' is 'coupled' to the 'carrier assembly'
and 'computer system,' as 'coupled' could be read to imply
that the three elements are simply sitting on the same table"
(FR3).
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