Ex parte YOKOMACHI 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               written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding        
               precedent of the Board.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. 27         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                    Ex parte YOSHIYUKI YOKOMACHI and KAZUKI MURATA                    
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-4446                                 
                              Application No. 08/278,151                              
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                                 HEARD: March 7, 2000                                 
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          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          Claims 11 through 18 and 41 through 46 have been withdrawn                  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 a              





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