The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHANNES J. VERBOOM ____________ Appeal No. 2006-1970 Application No. 10/014,3921 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before BARRY, BLANKENSHIP, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-31, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We affirm. BACKGROUND Appellant’s invention relates to data storage systems wherein data may accurately be stored and/or retrieved by incorporating periodic multi-purpose reference bytes integrated 1 Application for patent filed October 22, 2001.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007