Appeal No. 1999-2307
Application No. 08/711,074
supplying a magnetic head with a signal corresponding to the information to magnetically
record on a magnetic track.
Independent claim 1 reads as follows:
An information recording method comprising the steps of:
causing relative movement between a photographic negative film, provided
with a magnetic track, and a magnetic head;
supplying said magnetic head with a signal corresponding to an information
to be magnetically recorded so as to magnetically record the information in a
first predetermined region of said magnetic track;
recording said information on said first predetermined region of said
magnetic track of said photographic negative film on the basis of said signal
supplied to said magnetic head;
supplying said magnetic head with a second signal when said magnetic
head is located at a second predetermined region which is outside said first
predetermined region, said second signal being one of direct current and
alternating current; and
operating said second signal on said second predetermined region of said
photographic negative film through said magnetic head.
In rejecting Appellant’s claims, the Examiner relies on the following references:
Itoh 5,453,805 Sep. 26, 1995
Kazami et al. (Kazami) 5,559,568 Sep. 24, 1996
Yoshida 5,649,249 Jul. 15, 1997
Claims 1, 2, 4 through 15 and 17 through 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Kazami in view of Yoshida.
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