The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte LINDA LIJUN ZHONG, CONNIE CHUNLING LIU, SHAWN A. MAWIA, JEFF DUANE ST. JOHN AND JEFFREY LEE PETREHN ______________ Appeal No. 2002-0932 Application No. 09/510,533 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before WALTZ, KRATZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 9 and 11 through 19, which are the only claims pending in this application. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134. According to appellants, the invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium whichPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007