Ex Parte Teterud et al - Page 1



               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               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board.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                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                    Ex parte PATRICK M. TETERUD and PAUL EMERSON                      
                                  ________________                                    
                                Appeal No. 2005-0666                                  
                               Application 10/044,678                                 
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                                      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.                                          


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