Ex parte MUKAWA - Page 4




          Appeal No. 98-0599                                                          
          Application 08/434,029                                                      

               surface to the second surface, the transparent                         
               substrate also having a recess portion formed in the                   
               first surface around the center hole and an annular                    
               rib projecting from the second surface around the                      
               center hole;                                                           
                    a recording layer formed on the first surface of                  
               the transparent substrate;                                             
                    a magnetic member inserted into the recess                        
               portion of the transparent substrate, the magnetic                     
               member closing the center hole of the transparent                      
               substrate; and                                                         
                    a cartridge body for containing the transparent                   
               substrate, the recording layer and the magnetic                        
               member, the cartridge body having a first cartridge                    
               surface opposite the first surface of the                              
               transparent substrate, the cartridge having a second                   
               cartridge surface opposite the second surface of the                   
               transparent substrate, with the second cartridge                       
               surface having a recording/reproducing aperture and                    
               having a central aperture with the annular rib                         
               projected therein.                                                     
                    36.  An optical disc comprising:                                  
                    a single-piece disc-shaped transparent substrate                  
               having a first surface, a second surface parallel to                   
               the first surface, and a center hole formed at a                       
               center of the disc-shaped transparent substrate,                       
               with the center hole extending through the                             
               transparent substrate in a direction from the first                    
               surface to the second surface, the transparent                         
               substrate also having a recess portion formed in the                   
               first surface around the center hole and an annular                    
               rib projecting from the second surface around the                      
               center hole;                                                           
                    a recording layer formed on the first surface of                  
               the transparent substrate; and                                         

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