THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is
not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHANNES J. MONS
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Appeal No. 1999-2269
Application 08/558,517
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, SMITH, JERRY and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 3 through 7.
The disclosed invention relates to control information on a disc-like record carrier
that is indicative of the diameter of the record carrier.
Claims 3, 6 and 7 are illustrative of the claimed invention, and they read as follows:
3. An information recording and/or reading apparatus comprising drive means
for rotatingly driving a disc-like record carrier having a predefined diameter, control
information comprising diameter information including an encoding of the predefined
diameter of the disc-like record carrier being accommodated on the record carrier,
components whose behavior depends on the diameter of the record carrier, and means for
reading the diameter information and for setting the components in dependence on the
diameter information and for adapting the diameter-dependent behavior of said
components.
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