Appeal No. 96-0496 Application No. 08/131,332 material of the cartridge casing at facing upper and lower sides thereof.” See Figure 3(a) of the instant disclosure. Recognizing this deficiency in Tadokoro, the examiner cites Nemoto, noting the disclosure therein of a yoke 7 and a core member 6 having indentations in which the yoke is attached. The examiner contends that it would have been obvious to apply this teaching of Nemoto to Tadokoro in order to provide for attachment of the upper and lower arms of the yoke in Tadokoro to indentations formed in the material of the cartridge. The examiner’s rationale is that this would (1) secure the yoke with the cartridge housing, (2) support the casing of the disk cartridge to provide a stronger disk cartridge in order to protect the inner parts of the cartridge and (3) to reduce the thickness and the material of the cartridge housing [page 6- supplemental answer]. The examiner’s rationale appears to be based more on hindsight gleaned from appellants’ disclosure than from any teaching or suggestion from the applied references. The yoke 7 is not attached to any indentations “formed in the material of the cartridge casing,” as required by claim 9. The indentations in Nemoto are in the core member 6 which appears to rotate with the spindle 4. The core member 6 is not the cartridge casing. Accordingly, we will not sustain the rejection of claim 9 or 10 under 35 U.S.C. ' 103. 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007