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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARK A. ZEH and JACOB D. LEVINE
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Appeal No. 2004-0554
Application No. 09/612,394
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, BAHR, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 21-40, all the claims pending in the instant application.
Claims 1-20 have been canceled.
Invention
The invention relates to a shocking or testing apparatus for
computer disc drives. See page 1 of Appellants' specification.
Figure 1 is a block diagram of a test system 100 configured to
test disc drive 102. The test system 100 includes drive tester
104 and shocker 106. Shocker 106 includes hydraulic valve 108,
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