Appeal No. 1998-2514 Application No. 08/426,917 towards and into engagement with a cassette to selectively transfer a cassette from a cassette shelf to said cassette carrying cavity, and (c) for selectively transporting said cassette transport unit in the direction of said third axis, at the end of said second mode when said cassette supporting segment is disposed below said cassette shelf, to move said plate away from and out of engagement with said cassette to selectively transfer a cassette from said cassette carrying cavity to a cassette shelf. The examiner relies on the following references: Blumberg 4,734,005 Mar. 29, 1988 Motoyoshi et al. (Motoyoshi) 4,827,463 May 2, 1989 Suzuki et al. (Suzuki) 4,910,619 Mar. 20, 1990 Searle 5,235,474 Aug. 10, 1993 Tsuyumine et al. (Tsuyumine) 3-063959 Mar. 19, 1991 (published Japanese patent application)2 Claims 1, 5, and 42-44 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Suzuki, Motoyoshi, and Blumberg. Claims 6-8, 21, and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Suzuki, Motoyoshi, Blumberg, and Searle. Claims 23-25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Suzuki, Motoyoshi, Blumberg, and Tsuyumine. We refer to the Rejection (Paper No. 6) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 9) for a statement of the examiner's position and to the Brief (Paper No. 8 ) and the Reply The rejection refers to the reference by a translation of the assignee's name, "Matsushita Electric2 Ind Co Ltd." An English translation of the document has been provided by the USPTO, and has been placed in the instant file wrapper. -3-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007