Appeal No. 1998-3390
Application No. 08/480,934
area and which stipulate a data structure for the information data recorded in
the respective additional area independently of said data structure
stipulated for said track by said identification data recorded in said timing
area and also independently of the data structure stipulated for any other one
of said additional areas by said respective additional identification data
added to said ancillary data of the blocks recorded in said other additional
area, with said additional identification data being recorded in the
respective additional areas at respective locations which are spaced apart
along the respective additional areas in said direction of the scanning along
the track.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Staar 4,338,644 July 6, 1982
Wilkinson et al. (Wilkinson)4,819,089 Apr. 4, 1989
Claims 15, 18, 19, 21, 22 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Wilkinson. Claims 16 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Wilkinson in view of Staar.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 21, mailed Aug. 19, 1997) for the examiner's reasoning in support of
the rejections, and to the appellant's brief (Paper No. 20, filed May 27, 1997) and reply
brief (Paper No. 24, filed Dec. 10, 1997) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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