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           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                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHANNES J. VERBOOM                           
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                                Appeal No. 2006-1970                               
                             Application No. 10/014,3921                           
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                                      ON BRIEF                                     
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         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.                    




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