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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 43
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ARIYOSHI NAKAOKI, KENJI YAMAMOTO,
AKIRA KOUCHIYAMA and AKIRA SUZUKI
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Appeal No. 2004-0288
Application No. 09/173,7471
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, BARRY and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 37-71 and 75. Claims 1-36, 72-74 and 76 have
been canceled.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed to an optical device used
in recording or reproducing information signals for an optical
1 Application for patent filed October 16, 1998, which claims the
foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Applications
No. P09-285455, P09-285451 and P09-285452, all filed October 17, 1997.
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