Appeal No. 1997-4034
Application No. 08/260,269
to the driving state of the recording means. Thus, in our
view, Figure 7 indicates that the read address signal is
synchronized with the timing signal.
The examiner states (Answer, page 4) that since Yoshioka
discloses that the read start pulses are synchronized with
both the tach pulses and the read clock pulses CP , and the
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read control signal is synchronized with the read clock pulses
CP , the read control signal is also synchronized with the
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tach pulses. Appellant, on the other hand, argues (Reply
Brief, page 3) that although the read start pulses are
initially synchronized with the rotary heads, when they become
synchronized with the read clock pulses CP by the latch
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circuit, the output of the latch circuit (i.e. the read
control signal) is only synchronized with read clock pulses
CP . However, as explained above, Figure 7 of Yoshioka
2
evidences that the read control signal is synchronized with
both the read start and the tach pulses. Accordingly, we will
affirm the anticipation rejection of claims 1 and 2.
Claim 11 recites a step of generating a read control
signal in accordance with the timing signal. Thus, the method
step of claim 11 parallels the device limitation discussed
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