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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SHIGEHARU WATASE
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Appeal No. 2006-1869
Application No. 10/396,814
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ON BRIEF
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Before CAROFF, HANLON, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-7, all of the claims pending in
appellants’ application.
The claims on appeal relate to a magnetic recording
medium (claims 1-6), and a method of forming that medium
(claim 7).1
1 For convenience, we shall refer to a magnetic recording medium by the abbreviation “MRM”.
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