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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JACQUES BORDES and MARC FROUIN __________ Appeal No. 1997-1230 Application 08/274,8071 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before CALVERT, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-14, all the claims currently pending in the application. Appellants’ invention pertains to a magnetic hard disk platter assembly. Independent claim 1 is illustrative of the 1Application for patent filed July 14, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007