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               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               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board.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. 22                   
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte BYUNG-JOON LEE                                 
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                                Appeal No. 2001-1573                                  
                               Application 08/958,844                                 
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                               HEARD: AUGUST 14, 2002                                 
                                  ________________                                    
          Before KRASS, LALL and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-9, all pending claims in             
          this application.                                                           
               According to Appellant (brief at pages 3 and 4), the                   
          invention relates to a magnetic disk drive and, in particular, to           
          a method for improving the performance of a read cache for a hard           

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