The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte HIROKI KURIBAYASHI and SHOGO MIYANABE ________________ Appeal No. 2003-0487 Application No. 09/158,925 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges. NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1 through 14. The Invention The invention relates to a clock generator for a recorded signal reading device (see appellants’ specification page 3). The device contains three reading means to -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007