Appeal No. 2001-2268
Application 08/922,581
advanced position [brief, pages 19-20]. The examiner responds
that the cassette holders of Foelkel must translate through an
intermediate position when moving between the advanced position
and the withdrawn position [answer, page 11]. Appellants respond
that Foelkel does not disclose an intermediate position of a
second cassette holder as claimed [reply brief, pages 2-3].
We will not sustain the examiner’s rejection of claim 10
because the examiner has not identified any structure in Foelkel
which moves a second cassette holder to an intermediate position
when the plunger arm is in a second advanced position as claimed.
With respect to claim 29, appellants argue that Foelkel
fails to disclose an actuator linearly movable radially of the
turntable axis between an advanced position and a withdrawn
position as claimed. Specifically, appellants argue that neither
cam 12 nor lever 20 of Foelkel moves radially of the turntable
axis [brief, pages 21-22]. The examiner responds that claim 29
does not preclude the axis about which disc 5 rotates and that
radii extending from that axis would run horizontally left and
right as well as into and out of the page [answer, page 12].
Appellants respond that cam 12 and lever 20 both move parallel to
the turntable axis [reply brief, page 3].
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