Appeal No. 1999-0063
Application No. 08/602,366
assuming that the intermediate tape positions in the search
procedure illustrated in Figures 10A-10C in Inazawa could be
construed as between a present and target position as the
Examiner seems to suggest, all of the limitations of the
appealed claims would still not be met. Each of the
independent claims 16 and 21, in addition to setting forth the
“in between” tape positioning feature discussed above, also
has a specific recitation of the necessary conditions for
initiating tape movement. As called for in the claims, a
control signal is produced only if the difference between a
present position and a target position exceeds a predetermined
value, and the tape is moved only if this control signal and a
travel request signal are received. We find no suggestion of
these tape movement conditions in either of the applied
Yoshioka and Inazawa references.
Since, for the above reasons, it is our view that all of
the limitations of the appealed claims are not taught or
suggested by the applied references, we do not sustain the 35
U.S.C. § 103 rejection of independent claims 16 and 21, nor of
claims 17-20 and 22-25 dependent thereon.
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