Appeal No. 2006-0829
Application No. 09/921,024
The claimed invention relates to a data storage medium which includes a data
structure in the form of a disk control block (DCB) which is used for administration and
control information for the data storage medium. Each disk control block includes a
control block identifier, which specifies the function of the disk control block, as well as a
set of standard access control parameters. If an unrecognized disk control block is
detected by a drive, the standard control parameters can still be decoded so that the
drive behavior is not inconsistent with the requirements of the unrecognized control
block.
Claim 3 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
3. A data storage medium, comprising:
data stored in the form of a data structure, the data structure including a header;
the header including a bit specifying control of reading part of the data structure.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Curtis et al (Curtis) 5,233,576 Aug. 03, 1993
Claims 3 and 4 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Curtis.1
1 At page 2 of the Answer, the Examiner indicates that the rejection of claims
3 and 4 under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 has been withdrawn.
2The Appeal Brief was filed August 19, 2005. In response to the Examiner’s
Answer mailed October 26, 2005, a Reply Brief was filed December, 2005 which
was acknowledged and entered by the Examiner as indicated in the communication
mailed January 12, 2006.
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