Ex parte SAIKI 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                                 and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31                   
                                                                                                        
                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                      
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                         
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                               
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                   Ex parte EISAKU SAIKI,  SHINTARO SUZUMURA, TERUMI TAKASHI,                            
                           KAZUTOSHI ASHIKAWA,  TSUGUYOSHI HIROOKA,                                      
                               SHOICHI MIYAZAWA and  MASASHI MORI,                                       
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                                          Appeal No. 2000-0373                                           
                                        Application No. 08/450,245                                       
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                                        HEARD: January 17, 2002                                          
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            Before KRASS, BARRETT and BARRY,  Administrative Patent Judges.                              
            KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                          

                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                              
                  This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4, 7 and 18-23.      
            Claims 5, 6 and 8-17 have been withdrawn as being directed to a nonelected invention.        
                  The invention is directed to a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus.           
            Appellants discovered that there is a problem when a group of serial write data is           




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