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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FRANK WALTER PINTERIC and MICHAEL ALAN MAIERS
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Appeal No. 2004-0653
Application No. 09/872,053
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1, 2, 13 and 18 through 34, which are all of
the claims remaining in this application. Claims 3 through 12
and 14 through 17 have been canceled.
Appellants' invention is directed to a "system" or "disc
drive" that is capable of connecting a 2.5 inch form factor disc
drive in a computer environment that is configured to receive a
3.5 inch form factor disc drive. More particularly, the claims
on appeal are directed to a 2.5 inch form factor disc drive
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