Ex Parte ZHOU et al - Page 1




               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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                    Ex parte GUO-FU ZHOU and ROEL VAN WOUDENBERG                      
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2003-0709                                  
                             Application No. 09/332,240                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before KIMLIN, LIEBERMAN and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent             
          Judges.                                                                     
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-8,              
          all the claims remaining in the present application.  Claim 1 is            
          illustrative:                                                               
          1.   An optical information medium for rewritable recording at              
          constant angular velocity by means of a laser-light beam, said              
          medium comprising a disc-shaped substrate carrying a stack of               
          layers, which stack comprises in this order:                                
          - a first dielectric layer,                                                 


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