Appeal No. 1999-0264
Application No. 08/573,582
supra. Ottesen is relied upon to teach switching to permit
manual mode or continuous mode for the purpose of optimizing
recording density, and also does not supply the needed
motivation to make the claimed combination. Because we find
that the evidence submitted by the Examiner would not have
motivated the person having ordinary skill in the art to make
the claimed combination, we will not sustain the rejection of
claim 1, and the remaining claims which all depend therefrom,
under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
In view of the foregoing, the decision of the Examiner
rejecting claims 1, 5, 6, 10, 13, 14, 23, and 27 under 35
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