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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 39 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte WAYNE R. DAKIN __________ Appeal No. 1999-1447 Application 08/446,316 __________ HEARD: March 22, 2000 __________ Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and HAIRSTON and Nase, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 43 and 45 through 54. The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus for reproducing information from a disc. An active squelch signal is used to prevent output of audio information at distinct times. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007