Ex Parte SUMMERS et al - Page 1



          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 20              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                       Ex parte ROBERT SUMMERS and WARREN COON                        
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                                Appeal No. 2003-0599                                  
                               Application 09/362,149                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before GARRIS, HAIRSTON, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                      
          rejection of claims 2 through 14, 16 through 24, 26 and 27.                 
          Claim 25, the only other claim remaining in the application,                
          stands allowed.  Claims 1 and 15 have been canceled.                        
          As noted on page 1 of the specification, appellants’                        
          invention relates to disk drive suspensions, and more                       
          particularly to an actuator arm-free mountable load beam and                
          wireless conductor disk drive suspension assembly.  Independent             
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