Ex Parte Gitis 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                 and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                         
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                                                                      Paper No. 22                  
                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                  
                                                                                                   

                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                    
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                           
                                                                                                   

                                    Ex parte NAUM V. GITIS                                          
                                         and VICTOR DUNN                                            
                                                                                                   
                                      Appeal No. 2003-0065                                          
                                    Application 09/491,2841                                         
                                                                                                   
                                             ON BRIEF                                               
                                                                                                   
           Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative                             
           Patent Judges.                                                                           
           BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                    
                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                           
                 This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                        
           final rejection of claims 1-4 and 10-39.  Claims 5-9 and 40-69                           
           stand withdrawn.                                                                         
                 We affirm-in-part.                                                                 

           1  Application for patent filed January 26, 2000, entitled                               
           "Magnetic Head Slider with Resistance to Debris Accumulation,"                           
           which is a continuation of Application 08/161,234, filed                                 
           December 2, 1993, now U.S. Patent 6,084,743, which is a                                  
           continuation-in-part of Application 07/992,270, filed                                    
           December 14, 1992, now abandoned.                                                        
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