The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte PATRICK M. TETERUD and PAUL EMERSON ________________ Appeal No. 2005-0666 Application 10/044,678 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-6, which constitute all the claims in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a communication chip for a head of a disk drive system. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007