Ex parte PENG - Page 1




             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                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                                 Ex parte JIH-PING PENG                                
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                                  Appeal No. 1999-0037                                 
                               Application No. 08/611,657                              
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                                        ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before HAIRSTON, BARRY, and BLANKENSHIP, 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 claim 15.  We reverse.                                     


                                      BACKGROUND                                       
               The invention at issue in this appeal relates to disc                   
          drives.  A disc drive includes rigid discs mounted on a                      
          spindle motor that causes the discs to spin and the surfaces                 
          of the discs to pass under respective head gimbal assemblies                 







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