Appeal No. 1998-1655 Page 26
Application No. 08/367,766
was made to have utilized such a holder configuration of
Yamada et al in an optical disk environment. The rational is
as follows: one of ordinary skill would have recognized the
advantages of the teachings in Yamada et al to have utilized
such a holder configuration in an optical disk drive as
cleaning and securely positioning the disk cartridge in an
apparatus are well known design goals." (Examiner's Answer at
6.)
Claim 24 specifies in pertinent part the following
limitations: "the cartridge is an optical disc cartridge, and
the disc type medium is an optical disc." Similarly, claim 25
specifies in pertinent part the following limitations: "said
head means includes an optical recording/reproducing
transducer." Giving the limitations their broadest reasonable
interpretation, claims 24 and 25 recite an optical disk drive.
The appellants do not challenge the examiner's taking of
official notice that "'floppy' optical discs are also
conventional." (Examiner's Answer at 10.) To the contrary,
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