Appeal No. 2006-1622
Application No. 10/020,956
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a tape reel. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced
below.
1. A tape reel comprising:
a hub having a cylindrical shape; and
an upper flange and a lower flange respectively provided at an upper
end and a lower end of said hub,
wherein a magnetic tape is wrapped around an outer peripheral
surface of said hub, and
means for gradually decreasing a distance between said upper flange
and said lower flange outside the outer peripheral surface of the hub, as
said magnetic tape is being wrapped around said hub, by deflecting said
upper and lower flanges towards each other over an entire circumference
thereof.
PRIOR ART
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims is:
Iwahashi 4,807,826 Feb. 28, 1989
REJECTIONS
Claims 1-3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Iwahashi.
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