Ex Parte OSAWA et al - Page 1



          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 26              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
              Ex parte YOSHITOMO OSAWA, YOICHIRO SAKO, AKIRA KURIHARA                 
          and ISAO KAWASHIMA                                                          
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2000-0225                                  
                               Application 08/677,543                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent                
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                      
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 19 through 21.  Claims 12 through 18 have been allowed and           
          claims 1 through 11 have been canceled.                                     
               The claimed invention is directed to a recording medium                
          having a first recording area for recording key storage                     
          information and second recording area for recording an enciphered           
          signal.                                                                     
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