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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KAZUHIKO HAYASHI, KENJI KATORI and AKIHIKO OKABE ____________ Appeal No. 96-1078 Application No. 07/960,8871 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 11. The disclosed invention relates to a perpendicular magnetic recording apparatus that uses a record head having a magnetic gap portion formed of a soft magnetic thin film 1Application for patent filed November 14, 1992.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007