Appeal No. 1997-4444
Application 08/427,884
We are not persuaded by the Examiner's response which
does not address Appellant's argument. However, Yamakawa
discloses that when a cartridge is removed from a tape drive,
as opposed to from a cell as argued by Appellant, it must be
pulled out over the front edge 62a of the tray 62 as shown in
Figure 18. Therefore, a beveled edge would serve a function.
Note that Yamakawa discloses that the cartridge has a beveled
edge 35 which rides up over the front edge 62a of the tray 62
(Figure 18C). In our opinion, it would have been obvious to
one of ordinary skill in the art to bevel the edge 62a of the
tray 62 instead of the cartridge because it merely changes the
location of the bevel from one part to another. In addition,
Rudy discloses a beveled edge to "to facilitate the alignment
of the cartridge 30 as it is retracted into the carriage 120"
(col. 15, lines 33-34), which is evidence that one of ordinary
skill in the art would have known to use a beveled edge to
facilitate guiding the cassette. For these reasons, we
sustain the rejection of claim 11.
Claim 14
Appellant argues (Br14): "In contrast to the cassette
handling system of claim 14 in which only the drive collar
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