The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. _______________ Paper No. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte OSAMU KITAKAMI and HIROSHI HIRANO Appeal No. 1998-1658 Application 08/343,8761 ON BRIEF Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1, 4-8, and 11-14. 1 Application for patent filed November 17, 1994, entitled "Magnetic Recording And Reproducing System Including A Ring Head Of Materials Having Different Saturation Flux Densities," which is a continuation of Application 07/910,564, filed July 8, 1992, now abandoned, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application 3-195743, filed July 10, 1991. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007