The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 38
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TOSHIYASU HATTORI and MASATERU WATANABE
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Appeal No. 1998-1655
Application No. 08/367,766
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the rejection of claims 1-4 and 8-29. We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue in this appeal relates to optical
disk drives. In an optical disk drive, an optical disk
serving as a recording medium is encased in a cartridge to
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