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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 STEPHEN V. DECKERS
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Appeal No. 2005-2731
Application No. 10/656,040
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, OWENS and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 28, 37, 38
and 44 through 46. Claims 47 through 59, the only other claims remaining in the
application, have been withdrawn from further consideration. Claims 1 through 27, 29
through 36 and 39 through 43 have been canceled.
Appellant’s invention relates to a data storage apparatus used to access data stored in
first and second different types of storage media, i.e., a hard disk drive cartridge and a
tape cartridge, wherein the hard disk drive cartridge has a “tape cartridge form factor” (i.e,
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