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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ALEXANDER P. PAYNE, WILLIAM C. CAIN,
MICHAEL E. DEVILLIER, HAROLD J. HAMILTON,
ROBERT D. HEMPSTEAD, DARREN T. IMAI,
MARK A. LAUER, DIMITRE A. LATEV, and
DAVID D. ROBERTS
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Appeal No. 1999-2235
Application No. 08/577,493
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ON BRIEF
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Before LALL, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 8, 10, and 14 through 20, which
are all of the claims pending in this application.
Appellants' invention relates to an information storage
system. Specifically, the system includes a rigid disk having
a media layer and a transducer having a core of magnetically
permeable material shaped as a loop with a submicron amagnetic
gap between the two ends of the loop. A magnetic signal from
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