The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte TAKAHIRO SAKAGUCHI ________________ Appeal No. 1998-3365 Application No. 08/673,214 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 3 and 4, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to an optical disk apparatus comprising an optical head for writing and reading 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007