The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ALAN J. ARMSTRONG, RENEE E. WALLERIUS, RICHARD T. BEHRENS and CHARLES J. DUEY ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2713 Application No. 08/583,295 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 6, 10, 11, 14 and 16. In an Amendment After Final (paper number 13), claim 11 was amended. Claims 8, 9, 12, 13, 15 and 17 have been allowed (paper number 15). The disclosed invention relates to a method of calibrating discrete portions of a synchronous read channel ICPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007