Ex Parte CHAPMAN 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                 written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13             

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                    
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                        
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                 
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                              Ex parte DEREK D. CHAPMAN,                            
                                 ANN L. CARROLL-LEE,                                
                                        and                                         
                                   CSABA A. KOVACS                                  
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                                Appeal No. 2000-1433                                
                              Application No. 09/027,0741                           
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                                     ON BRIEF                                       
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         Before GARRIS, WALTZ, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.             
         GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                                                                   
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of           
         claims 1-11 which are all of the claims in the application.                
              The subject matter on appeal relates to an optical recording          
         element having a recording layer which comprises a metallized azo          











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