Appeal No. 2003-0605
Application 09/257,322
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A data cartridge exchange apparatus for a data storage
system, comprising:
a drawer sized to receive a data cartridge;
a first guide rail having a first configuration mounted to
said drawer;
a guide rail having a second configuration, said guide rail
having the second configuration being sized to engage said first
guide rail having the first configuration;
a second guide rail having the first configuration mounted
to the data storage system, said second guide rail having the
first configuration being sized to engage said guide rail having
the second configuration so that said drawer can be moved between
a retracted position and an extended position;
a cartridge magazine sized to be received by said drawer,
said cartridge magazine being sized to receive the data
cartridge; and
a cartridge magazine alignment apparatus mounted to the
data storage system, said cartridge magazine alignment apparatus
engaging said cartridge magazine when said drawer is in the
retracted position and holding said cartridge magazine in a
registration position.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Ishikawa 5,644,445 July 1, 1997
Cirocco 5,951,132 Sep. 14, 1999
(filing date Nov. 18, 1997)
Claims 1, 18 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Ishikawa in
view of Cirocco.
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