Paper No. 20 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte MICHIO YOTSUYA ______________ Appeal No. 1997-3476 Application 08/341,149 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3, 4, 6 and 11 through 15, appellant having canceled claims 2, 5 and 7 through 10. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below: 1. A flying type head slider having a rear surface which faces a recording surface of a magnetic disk comprising: a center rail formed on the rear surface of said slider, said center rail having a regularly rectangular shape with 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007