Appeal No. 1999-0298
Application No. 08/486,780
However, in our review of Adcock including column 7, we find that
Adcock is not concerned with controlling power consumption but
instead is concerned with controlling the tape advance so as to
provide sufficient time to record the current picture on the tape
before recording the next picture. In particular, we point to
column 7, lines 29 through 34 which state
[t]he signal is delayed a sufficient time to enable
recordation of the picture on the tape, and then the
signal enables the advance tape circuitry 70 and tape
rotate motor 72 for positioning a new portion of tape
for the next picture. A control 76 provides a signal
when all of the available tape has been utilized.
Furthermore, we note that Adcock teaches in column 7, lines 13
through 15, that “[t]he AND gate 56 is effective to preclude
operation of the shutter until the previous signal is recorded on
the tape.” However, we fail to find that Adcock teaches
Appellants’ claimed second control means which is concerned with
controlling power consumption based upon the capacity of the
recording means or memory.
Therefore, we cannot sustain the rejection of claims 32 and
33 under 35 U.S.C. § 102. In addition, since the rejection of
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