Ex parte ANDERSON et al. - 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                   publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte TODD B. ANDERSON                                
                                        and                                           
                                    MARK D. HAGEN                                     
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                                Appeal No. 1999-0216                                  
                             Application No. 08/526,197                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative                    
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection              
          of claims 1-10, which are all of the claims pending in the                  
          present application.                                                        
               The claimed invention relates to a phase modulated servo               
          method and apparatus for use in a disk file which includes at               
          least one disk having at least one disk surface for storing                 
          data.  At a predefined location of the disk surface, a series               





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