The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte NOBUO HAMAMOTO, MINORU NAGATA, MASATOSHI OHTAKE, KATSUTAKA KIMURA, TOSHIO SASAKI, HIROSHI KISHIDA, ISAMU ORITA, KATSURO SASAKI, NAOKI OZAWA, KAZUHIRO KONDO, TOSHIAKI MASUHARA, TADASHI ONISHI, HIDEHITO OBAYASHI, KIYOSHI AIKI, and HISHASHI HORIKOSHI Appeal No. 1998-0147 Application 08/446,2781 HEARD: October 25, 2000 Application for patent filed May 22, 1995, entitled1 "Digital Information System, Digital Audio Signal Processor And Signal Converter," which is a continuation of Application 07/727,420, filed July 9, 1991, now abandoned, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese applications 02-181402, filed July 11, 1990, 02-208072, filed August 8, 1990, 03-057972, filed February 27, 1991, and 03-057930, filed February 28, 1991. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007