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          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 26              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                  Ex parte A. DAVID ERPELDING, DARRELL D. PALMER,                     
                         OSCAR J. RUIZ and SURYA PATTANAIK                            
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                                Appeal No. 1998-2566                                  
                               Application 08/685,420                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and GROSS, 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 2, 3, 5-8, 10, 11, 15-              
          18, 24, 25, 27 and 34, which constitute all the claims                      
          remaining in the application.                                               
          The disclosed invention pertains to a suspension                            
          system for supporting a magnetic read/write slider.                         
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