Appeal No. 1998-2264
Application No. 08/439,793
Appellant argues [brief, pages 6 to 10 and reply brief, pages
2 to 3] that the combination still does not yield a circuit
having the claimed changeover switch. We have reviewed the
Appellant’s revised illustration on page 2 of the reply brief.
But, to the extent claimed, we agree with the Examiner’s
position that Damoci, at col. 1, lines 28 to 31, discloses
that “[f]inally, during record or playback, he (the viewer)
may use the VCR/TV button to pass the antenna input directly
to the tv, bypassing a conventional tv meter connected to the
antenna inputs.” Furthermore, Damoci discloses, at col. 1,
lines 53 to 57, that “the viewer may, ... either watch what is
on the antenna or cable using his tv’s tuner or switch to the
VCR output and watch a playback or monitor what is being
recorded.” This meets the noted limitation as recited in
claim 7. Therefore, we sustain the obviousness rejection of
claim 7 over APA and Damoci.
Claims 8 to 11
The Examiner has rejected these claims over APA, Damoci
and Choichi [answer, page 9] and makes a reference to paper
no. 10 [final rejection]. However, when we refer to paper no.
10, we find a further reference to paper no. 8. Although this
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