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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 _____________ 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 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007