Appeal No. 1998-0996
Application No. 08/498,385
for selecting those materials. Therefore, we cannot sustain the
obviousness rejection of claim 10.
Claims 11 through 13 and 18 recite the structure of the
optical disc cartridge in addition to the limitations of claim 1.
The examiner combines AAPA, which describes and illustrates the
claimed structure, with Inaba. Since AAPA does not disclose
filtering predetermined wavelengths and passing visible
wavelengths, AAPA fails to overcome the deficiencies of Inaba.
Consequently, we cannot sustain the rejection of claims 11
through 13 and 18.
For claims 19 and 20, the examiner adds Mori to Inaba and
AAPA to teach filtering ultraviolet wavelengths. However, as
discussed supra, the teachings of Mori are inapplicable to a disc
holder. Therefore, Mori fails to remedy the shortcomings of the
primary combination, and we cannot sustain the rejection of
claims 19 and 20.
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