Appeal No. 1998-1811
Application No. 08/395,193
selecting a program to be edited, using time information
of said video and audio signals, said time information being
recorded together with said video and audio signals in a
recording mode;
retrieving a program with time information of the program
selected at the program selecting step from the programs
recorded on the recording medium of said playback mechanism;
and
copying the program retrieved at the retrieving step on
the recording medium of said recording mechanism;
wherein the program selecting step includes:
a single program selecting step of selecting a plurality
of programs of a single periodic time slot using said time
information; and
a plural program selecting step of selecting a successive
series of programs of different time slots using said time
information.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Beaulier 4,568,981 Feb. 04,
1986
Chippendale 4,858,033 Aug. 15,
1989
Lee 5,291,301 Mar. 01,
1994
(filed Jul. 08, 1992)
Matsumi et al. (Matsumi) 5,479,299 Dec.
26, 1995
(filed Feb. 06, 1992)
Claims 2-4, 6, and 10-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. As evidence of obviousness, the Examiner offers
Chippendale in view of Lee with respect to claims 2-4, adding
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