Appeal No. 1998-1677
Application No. 08/273,251
specific findings on a suggestion to combine prior art
references. In re Dembiczak, 175 F.3d 994, 1000-01, 50 USPQ2d
1614, 1617-19 (Fed. Cir. 1999).
In column 1, lines 35 through 37, we find that Grindley
teaches that their invention provides for a complete control
of the receiving tapes on each panel through a single capstan.
In column 1, lines 37 through 40, Grindley teaches that this
capstan drives each of the receiving magnetic tapes across
their respective magnetic recording heads and also drives the
take-up reel located within each cartridge. In column 1,
lines 40 through 45, Grindley states that the common capstan
drive provides the required resistance to prevent backlash on
the supply reel, brake shoes are automatically operated by
floating arm tension mechanisms through eccentric mounts. In
columns 2 and 3, Grindley discloses an apparatus in which a
single capstan 36 is used to drive all of the magnetic tapes
46 past the magnetic tape 30 as well as the cartridge take-up
reel 70. In the abstract, Grindley states that each receiving
tape is mounted on a separate panel and is driven by a capstan
common to the master and all receiving tapes.
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