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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