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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 22           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                                Ex parte JOHN C. TSAI                                 
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2001-2088                                  
                             Application No. 09/121,177                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     

          Before KRASS, BLANKENSHIP and SAADAT, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   


               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-6, 9 and 10.  Claims 7, 8 and 11-16 have been indicated            
          by the examiner as being allowable and form no part of this                 
          appeal.                                                                     
               The invention is directed to a servo track writing apparatus           

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