Ex Parte YAMASAKI 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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                     Ex parte RICHARD G. YAMASAKI, TOMOAKI OHITSU,                    
                                 and KIYOSHI FUKAHORI                                 
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 1999-2701                                 
                              Application No. 08/650,850                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before THOMAS, 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 15-17 and 32-34.  Claims 1-14, 18-31, and 35-43 stand                
          withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non-elected             
          invention.                                                                  
               The claimed invention relates to data processing and data              
          storage, and more particularly to precompensation of write data             
          signals.  Write precompensation compensates for media bit shift             
          caused by magnetic nonlinearities on a magnetic disk.  The appealed         





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