The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte NAUM V. GITIS and VICTOR DUNN Appeal No. 2003-0065 Application 09/491,2841 ON BRIEF Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-4 and 10-39. Claims 5-9 and 40-69 stand withdrawn. We affirm-in-part. 1 Application for patent filed January 26, 2000, entitled "Magnetic Head Slider with Resistance to Debris Accumulation," which is a continuation of Application 08/161,234, filed December 2, 1993, now U.S. Patent 6,084,743, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/992,270, filed December 14, 1992, now abandoned. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007