Appeal No. 1998-1655 Page 14
Application No. 08/367,766
movable relative to frame 8 (see FIGs. 3 and 26 in
succession). The frame (holder) 7 moves down to press both
surfaces of the cartridge." (Examiner's Answer at 8.)
Claim 3 specifies in pertinent part the following
limitations: "a movable member with which said first main
surface of said cartridge is brought into contact and a spring
member for pressing said movable member against the first main
surface, so that, due to force exerted by said spring member,
said cartridge is held and pressed between said movable member
and an inner wall surface of said holder means which serves as
said reference surface." Accordingly, the limitations require
pressing a movable member against the first main surface of
the disk cartridge.
The examiner fails to show a teaching or suggestion of
the limitations in the prior art. Contrary to the examiner's
allegation, projections 9 and 9' are not movable. Figures 3
and 26 of Yamada show the projections as fixed to the
cartridge frame 7.
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