Ex parte YAMAGAMI et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 95-0355                                                          
          Application 08/022,561                                                      


          claims are pending in the application.                                      


               The subject matter here claimed relates to a method for                
          reproducing main information data on a recording track                      
          previously formed on an optical recording medium (e.g., a                   
          magneto-optical disc) wherein the main information data is                  
          contained in frames, wherein each frame has a predetermined                 
          signal format including a frame sync signal format, and                     
          wherein reproduce-only frame sync signals having the same                   
          signal format as that of frame sync signals for the main                    
          information data are previously recorded for each frame by                  
          offsetting the recording track in a direction perpendicular to              
          the length direction of the track. Appealed claim 8, the only               
          independent claim on appeal, recites the steps of detecting                 
          the offset of the recording track to produce a first signal                 
          representative of the reproduce-only frame sync signals,                    
          reproducing from the recording medium a second signal                       
          corresponding to the main information data, and then using a                
          single demodulating and decoding circuit (53-55) to demodulate              
          and decode the detected first signal and the reproduced second              
          signal to reproduce the frame sync signals of the main                      
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