THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOSEPH LIN __________________ Appeal No. 98-0594 Application 08/615,4611 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 12-15. Claims 1-11 have been canceled. No claim has been allowed. The real party in interest is Seagate Technologies, Inc. References relied on by the Examiner Tsujino 5,315,464 May, 24, 1994 Jordan 4,505,238 March 19, 1985 1 Application for patent filed March 14, 1996. According to the appellant, it is a continuation of application 08/284,368, filed August 2, 1994.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007