Appeal No. 2000-2293
Application No. 08/685,162
the disc holding tray upon impact of an external force when the
disc supporting portion is extended from the housing.
Based on our analysis above, we find that the Examiner has
failed to set forth a prima facie case of obviousness because the
necessary teachings and suggestions to combine the holding hooks
of Kawamura with the tilting disk tray of Sasaki and form the
claimed break-away mechanism, are not shown. Accordingly, we do
not sustain the 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of independent claims
1, 18 and 31, as well as claims 2-17, 19-30 and 32 dependent
thereon, over Sasaki and Kawamura.
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