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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YOSHIYUKI YOKOMACHI and KAZUKI MURATA ____________ Appeal No. 1997-4446 Application No. 08/278,151 ____________ HEARD: March 7, 2000 ____________ Before KRASS, BARRETT, 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 1 through 10, 19 through 40, and 47. Claims 11 through 18 and 41 through 46 have been withdrawn from consideration as directed to a non-elected species. Appellants' invention relates to a rotary head type magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus with a dynamic tracking system. In particular, the tracking system detects aPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007