Appeal No. 1999-1558
Application No. 08/551,303
(effective filing date Aug. 30, 1993)
Abernethy 5,525,981 June 11, 1996
(effective filing date Jan. 30, 1992)
Gasparik 5,608,390 Mar. 4, 1997
(filed Feb. 23, 1994)
Weldon, “Error-Correcting Codes with Application to Digital
Storage Systems,” University Consortium for Continuing
Education,
July 23-26, 1990.2
Claims 1, 6, 9 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Kano in view of Abernethy.
Claims 16 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Kano in view of Abernethy and
Gasparik.
Claims 3 through 5, 7, 8, 11 through 14, 21, 22 and 24
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Kano in view of Abernethy and Weldon.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 11) and the
answer (paper number 12) for the respective positions of the
appellants and the examiner.
2Although this reference is not listed under the prior
art of record (answer, page 2), the grounds of rejection
(answer, pages 5 and 6) clearly mention this reference in the
obviousness rejection of claims 3 through 5, 7, 8, 11 through
14, 21, 22 and 24.
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