The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte HAJIME INOUE and NAOFUMI YANAGIHARA _____________ Appeal No. 2000-1282 Application No. 08/813,140 ______________ HEARD: FEBRUARY 21, 2002 _______________ Before HAIRSTON, RUGGIERO, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 46. In an Amendment After Final (paper number 22), claims 1 and 9 were amended. The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus for recording or reproducing digital signals. The digital signal recording and the digital signal reproduction are eachPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007