The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DANIEL E. HOBSON and PHILIP R. WOODS _____________ Appeal No. 2000-1252 Application No. 08/522,839 ______________ HEARD: MARCH 7, 2002 _______________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 8 and 11 through 13. In an Amendment After Final (paper number 11), claims 1, 5 and 11 were amended. The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus for eliminating the effects of repeatable runout (RRO) signals in a servo position error (SPE) signal in a disk drive. During the period of a mechanical revolution of the diskPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007