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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte AKIHIRO KIKUCHI
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Appeal No. 1999-0063
Application No. 08/602,366
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BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and LEVY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection
of claims 16-25, which are all of the claims pending in the
application. Claims 1-15 have been canceled. An amendment
filed August 7, 1997 after final rejection was denied entry by
the Examiner.
The claimed invention relates to a method and apparatus
for controlling the traveling of a tape in a data recording
apparatus in which a travel request signal is initially
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