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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte FUMISADA MAEDA and YOSHINORI MATSUMOTO ____________ Appeal No. 1997-2852 Application No. 08/354,454 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before HAIRSTON, LALL, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 2 through 4, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Appellants' invention relates to a magneto-optical disc apparatus in which the magnetic field generating means is We observe that on March 24, 2000 (paper no. 23), appellants filed a1 waiver of the oral hearing set for April 7, 2000.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007