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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
____________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
____________
Ex parte JOSEPH PHILIP FALACE, WAYNE RICHARD HEMZACEK,
DAVID THOMAS HOGE, CLARK MILO JANSSEN,
DONOVAN MILO JANSSEN and JOHN SAM TODOR
Appeal No. 2002-1185
Application No. 09/112,242
____________
ON BRIEF
____________
Before RUGGIERO, DIXON and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-18 and 24-26. Claims 3 and 19-23
have been canceled.
We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a magnetic tape drive
including a tape threading mechanism and a tape wrap mechanism
which can be implemented in a compact space. The threading
mechanism threads the tape from a cartridge into a takeup reel
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007