The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SHIN-ICHI AKOH __________ Appeal No. 2002-1914 Application 09/247,889 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 3, all of the claims pending in this application. Appellant’s invention relates to a method for manufacturing magnetic heads used in the recording and reproduction equipment of various electronic devices, such as hard disk systems, 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007