The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YUTAKA FUKUYAMA, SHINJI ITO, and ATSUSHI TAKAMATSU ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0008 Application No. 08/625,834 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 13 and 16-18. Claims 1-12 and 14-15 have been cancelled. The disclosed invention relates to a recording and/or reproducing apparatus for an optical or magneto-optical recording medium housed within a disc cartridge. The apparatusPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007