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            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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                      Ex parte HIENMINH HUU LE and TZONG-SHII PAN                     
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                                 Appeal No. 2003-1499                                 
                              Application No. 09/531,872                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before WALTZ, TIMM, 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 12, 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                
          unitary, integrated suspension that is formed having a single-piece         
          design, using only one piece of material to form the entire                 
          suspension, including the load beam, flexure and gimbal assembly            
          (Brief, page 2).  This invention eliminates the need for mechanical         






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