Appeal No. 1999-0419
Application 08/383,483
shows a unitary structure which utilizes a portable TV camera and a magnetic disc
recording apparatus within the same housing shown best in Figure 1. Contrary to any
arguments in the brief and reply brief, the mounting recitation of claim 2 is not
necessarily stated in the claim itself to be permanent. Nevertheless, both Kozuki and
Citizen indicate the manner in which the mounting of a video camera to a videotape
recorder or video magnetic video recording device may be achieved. The radio receiver
combination feature of claim 2 is taught in the Citizen reference which specifically
alternatively records broadcast television signals received by antenna 13 in Figures 1
and 3, and discrete video images received by the video camera itself. To the extent
broadly recited in the claims on appeal, Citizen’s ability to record still images of
particular frames or the like of broadcast television images meets the features of claim
2 on appeal.
The examiner’s reasoning emphasizes the selectability of Citizen by the
operation of the mode changeover switch 9 in Figures 1 and 3 and its cooperating
changeover switch 29 in Figure 3 to effect the selectability of what is actually recorded
in accordance with the recitations at the end of claim 2 on appeal. Additionally, it would
have been obvious to the artisan that the structure in Figure 1 of Citizen would lend
itself to be based on a tabletop surface for photorecording operations. Even though
Kozuki indicates that a video camera may be attached to the video tape recorder, it is
Citizen that teaches that a video camera may be mounted within the video recorder
itself as recited in claim 2. Clearly, there is no prohibited hindsight exercised by the
examiner in the combination of these two references at least with respect to claim 2 on
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