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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte RANDALL D. HAMPSHIRE _____________ Appeal No. 1998-0821 Application 08/175,319 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 20 and 21, all of the claims pending in the present application. Claims 1 through 19 have been canceled. The invention relates to data storage systems employing rotating media, and more particularly to operating systems for controlling plural operations of disc drive systems. Independent claim 20 is reproduced as follows: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007