Appeal No. 1997-4444
Application 08/427,884
requires the platen to be stationary relative to a moving
engaging assembly and that this is not disclosed by Yamakawa.
The rejection of claims 25 and 26 is reversed.
Claims 21, 22, and 24
Appellant argues that "Satoh et al. do not teach or
suggest a method for moving a cassette in a cassette handling
system in which a cassette is placed in a reference position
as recited in claims 21, 22, and 24" (Br11).
The Examiner finds (EA18) that the position of the
cassette inside Satoh's carrier 20A satisfies the limitation
of "placing said cassette in a reference position from which
said cassette is insertable into the tape drive unit/units and
the storage units."
We agree with the Examiner that the claimed "reference
position" does not specify any special structure, property or
function of the position. Thus, the position of the cassette
in Satoh could be called a "reference position." The
rejection of claims 21, 22, and 24 over Satoh is sustained.
35 U.S.C. § 103
Claim 9
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