The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board
Paper No. 30
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SHIGEYSOHI TANAKA, TORU IKEDA,
SHIGENORI YANAGI and TAKASHI MASAKI
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Appeal No. 1998-2479
Application 08/419,512
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HEARD: March 6, 2001
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Before THOMAS, BARRETT and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's final rejection of
claims 1, 2, 4 through 7, 10 through 14 and 24 through 26.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. An optical pickup servo control apparatus in an optical disk apparatus
comprising:
an optical pickup;
optical pickup servo signal generating means for generating a focus error signal
which drives a focus actuating means and for generating a tracking error signal which
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