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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KIYOSHI SATOH, MASAKAZU SASAKI, HIROKI KITAHORI,
SUNAO NEMOTO, DAVID ALBRECHT, and GREGORY FREES
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Appeal No. 1998-3348
Application No. 08/541,948
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, LALL, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the rejection of claims 1-10. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue in this appeal relates to hard
disk drives (HDDs). To promote manufacturing efficiency, the
computer industry seeks to maximize the number of standard
parts shared by different products in a product line. With
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