Ex parte ARATAKI et al. - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                  
          (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and                    
          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  
                                                            Paper No. 23              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte YUJI ARATAKI                                  
                                and TETSUJI NAKAZAWA                                  
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1997-1323                                  
                             Application No. 08/117,997                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    

          Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims                   
          1 through 12.                                                               
               The disclosed invention relates to a method and an                     
          apparatus for counting the number of off-track signals that                 
          occur within a predetermined period of time in an optical disk              
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