Ex Parte FALACE 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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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              





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