Appeal No. 1995-1052
Application No. 07/944,562
information allows additional storage of data and retrieval thereof. From our
understanding of Roth, Roth is concerned mainly with the flow of data in the storage and
retrieval of blocks of data to and from memory. We do not find any teaching in Roth which
discloses the storage of segments of an information piece in a track portion adjoining a
first information piece. Furthermore, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the examiner
maintains that the information content on the memory is not entitled to patentable weight
and that it would have been obvious to skilled artisans to make a permanent
representation of the information content. (See answer at page 3.) We disagree with the
examiner. We find that the language of claim 10 includes more than just information
content, but also includes the organization of the information and that the inclusion of
control data is recorded in the recording track indicative of the locations of each of the
adjoining track portions. The examiner has not addressed these limitations, and since the
examiner has not identified any teachings in Roth to teach the invention as recited in claim
10, we cannot sustain the rejection of claim 10.
35 U.S.C. § 103
The examiner maintains that Hashimoto discloses the invention as recited in claim
13, but does not disclose a buffer means and control of the buffer. The examiner relies on
the teachings of Roth to teach the use of input and output buffers to
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