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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                         is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                         Ex parte HARDAYAL HARRY SINGH GILL                           
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1502                                  
                             Application No. 09/388,885                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent            
          Judges.                                                                     
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-22,             
          all the claims in the present application.                                  
               Claim 1 is illustrative:                                               
               1. A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) magnetoresistive                   
               sensor comprising:                                                     
                    an antiferromagnetic (AFM) layer;                                 
                    a tunnel barrier layer;                                           










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