Ex parte YOKOTA - Page 3




          examiner                                                                    


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          Appeal No. 1998-2605                                                        
          Application 08/278,612                                                      

          add Osada as to claims 4 through 6; adds Osada and d'Alayer de              
          Costemore d'Arc as to claims 7 through 11, 13, 14 and 16                    
          through                                                                     
          21; adds Osada and d'Alayer de Costemore d'Arc, further in                  
          view                                                                        
          of Choi, as to claims 12, 15 and 22; adds Choi as to claims 25              
          and 26 and adds Kamijima as to claims 27 and 29.                            
    Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and                             
          the                                                                         
          examiner, reference is made to the briefs and the answer for                
          the                                                                         
          respective details thereof.                                                 
                                       OPINION                                        
          We reverse all of the stated rejections of the examiner                     
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                                                      
          In what may be considered the broadest independent claim                    
          on appeal, we reproduce the following portion of claim 30:                  


          A first 'management data area recorded with first                           
          management data for permitting a reproducing or                             
          recording operation of the audio program and inhibiting                     




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