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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL H. AZARIAN, MICHAEL A. BALDWINSON,
KEITH R. BERDING, KAYNAM CHUN, GARRETT A. GARRETTSON,
CHRISTOPHER S. GUDEMAN, HAROLD J. HAMILTON,
ANTHONY A. JARRAMI and SHINICHI M. TANAKA
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Appeal No. 1999-2236
Application No. 08/408,036
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, FLEMING and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-6 and 16-18.
Claims 7, 8, 19-24, 28-36, 40-52 and 54 were withdrawn as being directed to a
nonelected invention. Claims 9-15, 25-27, 37-39 and 53 have been allowed.
The invention is directed to an interface between a disk surface and a transducer
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