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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SANFORD A. BOLASNA and LAURENCE S. SAMUELSON
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Appeal No. 2001-0165
Application 08/893,220
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, PATE, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 35-
42. These are the only claims remaining in the application.
The claimed invention is directed to a method of
manufacturing a slider in a hard disk drive. The method
includes removing a portion of the air bearing surface only at
the side edge of the air bearing surface and proximate the
magnetic head.
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