Ex parte ELSING et al. - Page 1




                     THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
             The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                
          (1)  was not written for publication in a law journal and                    
          (2)  is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  
                                                            Paper No. 17              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                     ____________                                      
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                    _____________                                      
                       Ex parte JOHN W. ELSING, KENT J. FORBORD                        
                               and BLAINE T. PETERSON                                  
                                     ____________                                      
                                  Appeal No. 95-4789                                   
                               Application 08/146,3111                                 
                                     ____________                                      
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ____________                                      

          Before KRASS, TORCZON and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                      
          CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                    This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-            
          34, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application.            
                    Claim 1 reads as follows:                                          
                    1.  A data storage apparatus, including:                           


            Application for patent filed November 2, 1993.1                                                                       
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