The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. _______________ Paper No. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte TAKASHI MASAKI and SHIGENORI YANAGI Appeal No. 1998-0146 Application 08/407,0581 HEARD: October 10, 2000 Before BARRETT, RUGGIERO, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Application for patent filed March 17, 1995, entitled1 "Optical Disc Apparatus With Optical Head Cleaning," which is a continuation of Application 08/084,006, filed June 29, 1993, now abandoned, which claims the foreign priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application 4-176308, filed July 3, 1992. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007