Appeal No. 1998-2518
Application No. 08/442,835
information that identifies a beginning location of a program
recorded on the recording medium.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Kosaka 3,671,665 Jun. 20,
1972
Lewis et al. (Lewis) 4,224,644 Sep. 23,
1980
Strubbe et al. (Strubbe) 5,047,867 Sep.
10, 1991
Claims 6, 8, and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Kosaka in view of Lewis and
Strubbe.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 12,
mailed February 12, 1997) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellant's
Brief (Paper No. 11, filed January 9, 1997) for appellant's1
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied
prior art references, and the respective positions articulated
We note that a Reply Brief was filed April 14, 1997 (Paper No. 13)1
and denied entry by the examiner. Accordingly, we will not consider the
arguments made therein in rendering our decision.
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