Appeal No. 2003-2006
Application No. 09/556,978
1. A hybrid disc comprising:
a substrate;
a label printed surface formed on said substrate;
a first recording surface having identification
information expressing a disc type, recorded in a
predetermined recording area, said first recording surface
being formed at a first interval below said label printed
surface; and
a second recording surface formed at a second interval
below said label printed surface;
wherein said second interval is longer than said first
interval.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Tognazzini 5,959,946 Sep. 28, 1999
(effective filing date Jun. 26, 1996)
Claims 1 through 3, 19, 23 and 24 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the admitted prior
art in view of Tognazzini.
Reference is made to the briefs (paper numbers 10 and 13)
and the answer (paper number 12) for the respective positions of
the appellants and the examiner.
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