The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SHIGEAKI KOIKE, and YASUO IWASAKI ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0225 Application No. 08/563,188 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-7, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. An amendment filed January 14, 1998 after final rejection, which did not amend the claims, was approved for entry by the Examiner. The disclosed invention relates to a data recording and reproducing apparatus which includes a tape recording and reproducing unit and a disc recording and reproducing unit which are integrally assembled together and are directly connected to aPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007