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was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STANLEY C. SMITH, JR.
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Appeal No. 2001-1094
Application 09/237,578
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, LALL and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-6 and 9-11.
The invention relates to a glide head structure adapted
for use with a system for testing moving surfaces to detect the
presence of asperities. See Appellant’s specification on page 1,
lines 8-9. The glide head structure (50) includes a slider (60)
that projects downwardly from a tongue (44) and a piezoelectric
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