Ex parte HAMAMOTO et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1998-0147                                                        
          Application 08/446,278                                                      

                                      OPINION                                         
          Claims 1-16 and 23-32                                                       
               Independent claims 1, 10, and 15 all recite storing                    
          digital data in the memory card according to an address                     
          received from the digital signal source; see figure 7                       
          showing both data and address lines leading from the                        
          terminal device 100 to the player 101.  Claim 1 recites                     
          "storing digital data received with addresses of said                       
          digital data from said digital signal source"; claim 10                     
          recites "storing said digital signal according to an address                
          signal received from said digital signal source"; and                       
          claim 15 recites "storing a specified digital signal                        
          according to an address signal received from said digital                   
          signal source."  This limitation is not treated in the                      
          Examiner's Answer.  Appellants argue that the limitation is                 
          not found in either Kramer or Kondo (Br18-19); thus, this is                
          not a case where the Examiner can rely on a lack of argument                
          by Appellants.  Every limitation must be considered in                      
          addressing obviousness.  See In re Wilder, 429 F.2d 447,                    
          450, 166 USPQ 545, 548 (CCPA 1970) ("every limitation                       



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