Appeal No. 1998-2605
Application 08/278,612
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A recording medium comprising:
a recording area in which either only audio data or an
intermixture of audio data and video data are recorded;
a first management data area stored with first management
data for permitting a recording or reproducing operation of
the audio data for said recording area and inhibiting a
reproducing or recording operation of the video data when only
the audio data are to be recorded in or reproduced from said
recording area; and
a second management data area stored with second
management data for permitting a recording or reproducing
operation of the intermixture of the audio data and the video
data for said recording area when both of the audio data and
the video data are to be recorded in or reproduced from said
recording area.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
d'Alayer de Costemore d'Arc 4,489,351 Dec. 18, 1984
Takahashi 5,166,804 Nov. 24, 1992
Kamijima 5,258,852 Nov. 2, 1993
(filed Dec. 10, 1991)
Choi 5,448,371 Sept. 5, 1995
(effective filing date Jan. 17, 1992)
Osada 3-66272 Mar. 20, 1991
(Japanese Patent)
Sakai GB 2 225 147 May 23, 1990
(UK Patent Application)
Claims 1 through 27 and 29 through 33 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103. As a basic combination of references, the
examiner relies upon the collective teachings and showings of
Sakai and Takahashi as to claims 1 through 3, 23, 24 and 30
through 33. To this basic combination of references the
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