Appeal No. 1998-0147
Application 08/446,278
stored therein independently of said digital signal
source;
wherein said memory card includes a built-in
memory circuit formed of a semiconductor memory for
storing digital data received with addresses of said
digital data from said digital signal source, and a
built-in playback circuit, including at least a
digital-to-analog converter, a filter circuit and an
audio amplifier, for reproducing digital data stored in
said memory circuit as an analog audio signal output
from said memory card.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Kramer et al. (Kramer) 4,667,088 May 19, 1987
Kondo 4,791,741 December 20, 1988
Claims 1-32 and 46-52 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Kramer.
Claims 1-32 and 46-52 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Kondo.
We refer to the Office Action (Paper No. 18), the Final
Rejection (Paper No. 22), and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 27) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the
Examiner's position, and to the Brief (Paper No. 26) (pages
referred to as "Br__") and the Reply Brief (Paper No. 28)
(pages referred to as "RBr__") for a statement of
Appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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