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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 39
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PETER M. BAUMGART, WING P. LEUNG,
HUNG V. NGUYEN, THAO A. NGUYEN, and
ANDREW C. TAM
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Appeal No. 1998-2496
Application No. 08/714,831
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, LALL, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.
DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 15-43,
which are all of the claims pending in this application.
We REVERSE.
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a textured data storage disk having a brittle
nonmetallic substrate. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 15, which is reproduced below.
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