The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 XM WONG and ROCK TAO _______________ Appeal No. 2006-0513 Application No. 09/741,684 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before OWENS, RUGGIERO, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 7-12, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. Claims 1-6 and 13-18 have been canceled. An amendment filed March 15, 2004 after final rejection has been approved for entry by the Examiner. The claimed invention relates to a suspension and slider assembly for a magnetic recording head in which a bonding substance is heated prior to being applied as a surface finishing 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007