Appeal No. 1998-0147
Application 08/446,278
Claims 6 and 7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, for failing to particularly point out and
distinctly claim the subject matter which the Applicants
regards as their invention. There is no antecedent basis
for "the magnetic disk memory and the buffer memory"
(emphasis added). With regard to the limitation of "the
storage area for said memory circuit in the memory card"
(emphasis added), we assume that the memory circuit
inherently has a storage area so that no express antecedent
basis is required for "storage area."
CONCLUSION
The rejection of claims 48 and 49 under 35 U.S.C. § 103
over Kramer is sustained. The rejection of claims 1-32
and 46, 47, and 50-52 under § 103 over Kramer is reversed.
The rejection of claims 1-32 and 46-52 over Kondo is
reversed.
A new ground of rejection has been made as to claims 6
and 7 pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
This decision contains a new ground of rejection
pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec. 1,
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