Appeal No. 1998-0063
Application No. 08/057,805
Appellants' invention relates to a memory card device in
which a data relief area is created when and if a defective
area, one into which data cannot be successfully written, is
detected in the storage area. Claim 15 is illustrative of the
claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
15. A memory card device comprising:
a storage area divided into a plurality of space blocks,
each of said space blocks including a predetermined number of
memory cells; and
a data control circuit which creates a data relief area
in said storage area if and when it detects that data can not
be successfully written into a defective area in said storage
area, said data control circuit creating said data relief area
by locating and identifying a predetermined number of space
blocks in said storage area and writing data destined for said
defective area instead into said data relief area, said data
control circuit being operative such that said storage area
contains no data relief areas before said defective area is
detected.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Harari et al. (Harari) 5,297,148 Mar. 22,
1994
Claims 1 through 4 and 7 through 17 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Harari.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 26,
mailed July 17, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
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