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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STEPHEN P. WILLIAMS and TIMOTHY A. RIENER
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Appeal No. 1998-2562
Application No. 08/567,403
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and RUGGIERO, Administrative
Patent Judges
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 13 and 17-26, which
constitute all the claims remaining in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to an improved head
gimbal assembly (HGA) for use in a disk drive system.
Representative claim 13 is reproduced as follows:
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