The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007