The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JEAN-MARC FEDELI, ROBERT CUCHET, and CELINE GERMAIN ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1478 Application No. 08/517,604 ____________ HEARD: October 11, 2000 ____________ Before THOMAS, KRASS, 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 claim 2, which is the only claim pending in this application. Appellants' invention relates to a magnetic head with a central insulating ridge. In the magnetic head, two pole pieces are each formed as a straight bar, and the magnetic flux concentrators each have an inclined portion bearing onPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007