The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BUNSEN Y. WONG __________ Appeal No. 2004-1144 Application No. 09/584,765 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, WALTZ, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 18-62 which are all of the claims remaining in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a magnetic recording medium comprising a substrate and a seedlayer which includes a ternary or quaternary intermetallic alloy. In the appealed claims, this intermetallic alloy is defined either as having an 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007