Appeal No. 2001-1936
Application 09/049,478
a focusing controlling means for providing a focus control
to position the light beam focused by the light beam focusing
means onto the signal recording layer of the recording media; and
an offset adjusting means for adjusting an offset between
the focused light beam focus positioned by the focus controlling
means and the signal recording layer of the recording media
depending upon an RF signal read from the recording media.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Yamamoto et al. (Yamamoto) 5,712,842 Jan. 27, 1998
(filing date Feb. 12, 1996)
Matsui 5,777,961 July 7, 1998
(filing date June 22, 1995)
Ceshkovsky 5,978,331 Nov. 2, 1999
(effective filing date Dec. 6, 1995)
Maeda et al. (Maeda) 6,005,834 Dec. 21, 1999
(filing date Mar. 7, 1997)
Page 3 of the answer also indicates that the following
reference is cited in response to appellants' arguments and
necessitated thereby:
Kuroda et al. (Kuroda) 5,892,882 Apr. 6, 1999
(effective filing date Mar. 22, 1995)
Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite. Claims 1-15 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies
upon Ceshkovsky in view of Maeda. The examiner has also rejected
claims 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
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