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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HAROLD J. HAMILTON, ERIC N. ANDERFAAS, MICHAEL A.
BALDWINSON, KEITH R. BERDING, MARK A. LAUER, and TIMOTHY W.
MARTIN
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Appeal No. 1999-2281
Application No. 08/621,521
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ON BRIEF
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Before LALL, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1, 4 through 8, 11, 12, 17 through 20, 22,
26, and 28, which are all of the claims pending in this
application.
Appellants' invention relates to a hard disk drive system
having an elongated flexible beam holding a transducer in
sliding contact with a magnetic disk during writing and
reading. The transducer contacts a portion of the disk
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