The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARK W. HEATON
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Appeal No. 2001-2565
Application No. 09/173,497
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HEARD: Oct. 22, 2002
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Before FLEMING, DIXON, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 21-31. The appellant appeals therefrom
under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue concerns a hard disk drive ("HDD"). A HDD uses
magnetically coated platters to store data. Such platters are mounted in a "platter
stack" through a spindle; the platter stack is rotated by a servo motor. (Spec. at 2.) A
space is provided between each platter to allow a read/write head to be positioned on
each side of each platter so that data may be stored and retrieved. Each head is
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