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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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                 Ex parte TIMOTHY C. OSTWALD and DANIEL JAMES PLUTT                   
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2002-1252                                  
                             Application No. 09/362,583                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     

          Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and FLEMING, Administrative Patent                
          Judges.                                                                     
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1, 5, 12 and 14.                                                     
               The invention is directed to a storage library structure for           
          recording and retrieving information from a plurality of storage            
          medium cartridges.  By making the slots for holding cartridges,             
          the media drives and the robotic mechanism for moving the                   

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