Appeal No. 2000-2111
Application No. 08/860,537
teaches that source data is recorded in recording area Ar1 (col.
4, lines 50-55) and reproduced to output interface circuits 23-1
through 23-k for editing based on reproduction control signal NPc
which is supplied from control unit 27 (col. 5, lines 7-12).
Edited data is further stored in recording area Ar2 through input
interface 24, which is later reproduced and supplied to a
broadcast medium based on control signal NRc (col. 5, lines 29-
35). Therefore, the Examiner has properly corresponded storage
device 22 to the claimed recording and reproducing means and high
speed transfer machine 21 to the claimed reproducing apparatus.
We further find that Nagasawa’s control unit 27, as indicated by
the Examiner, constitutes the controlling means for both the
input/output circuits and the recording/reproducing means as well
as for providing the control signals in response to each step of
the process.
We do not agree with Appellants that Nagasawa only controls
the speed with control unit 27 (brief, page 6) as control unit 27
provides the recording and reproducing control signals FPc, NPc
and NRc. Furthermore, through high speed transfer machines 21
and 26, input/output interface circuits 23 and 24 supply data
provided from the outside to recording areas Ar1 and Ar2 and
supply the reproduced data from the recording area to an external
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