The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte NOBUHIRO HAYASHI _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0170 Application No. 08/588,020 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before RUGGIERO, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-24. An amendment filed January 8, 1998 after final rejection, which canceled claims 11, 12, 18, and 19, was approved for entry by the Examiner. Accordingly, the rejection of claims 1-10, 13-17, and 20-24 is before us on appeal. The claimed invention relates to a data reproducing apparatus for reproducing data from a magnetic disk in whichPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007