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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TERUO SATO and YASUO TONAMI _____________ Appeal No. 1998-0598 Application 08/278,864 ______________ HEARD: FEBRUARY 23, 2000 _______________ Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 3 and 5 through 11. In an amendment submitted with the Brief, claims 1 and 3 were amended. The disclosed invention relates to a magnetic reproducing apparatus for playing back a magnetic recording medium on 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007