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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JATHAN D. EDWARDS, WILLIAM C. MITCHELL and MARK A. ARPS
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Appeal No. 2000-1244
Application 08/826,111
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, FLEMING, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 3, 5 through 20 and 22 through 32, all the
claims pending in the instant application. Claims 4 and 21 have
been canceled.
The invention relates to the area of optical media which
employs two or more information storage layers. In the field of
prerecorded optical discs, such as compact discs and video discs,
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