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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KURT M. ANDERSON ____________ Appeal No. 1997-2036 Application No. 08/335,9911 ____________ HEARD: January 10, 2000 ____________ Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 4, which are all of the claims pending in this application. The appellant's invention relates to a multi-stage diffusion buffer for a disk drive which includes fluid Application for patent filed November 8, 1994.1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007