Appeal No. 96-0643
Application 08/103,677
Claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A disk drive apparatus for recording and reproducing an information signal on and from a
recording medium pivotally received within a disk cartridge, the disk drive apparatus comprising:
a head assembly having a head arm for holding an upper head and a head carriage for carrying
a lower head, said head arm and said head carriage being connected together on a lateral side of the
disk cartridge and extending in a direction perpendicular to an inserted direction of said disk cartridge,
respectively; and
a moving means for moving said head assembly in said inserted direction of said disk cartridge,
said moving means being disposed below and substantially within a length and width of the disk
cartridge, whereby a length and width of the disk drive apparatus is similar but slightly larger than the
length and width of the disk cartridge.
The examiner’s Answer cites the following prior art:
Hasegawa 4,783,708 Nov. 8, 1988
Liu 4,974,107 Nov. 27, 1990
Suzuki 61-74181 Apr. 16, 1986
(Japanese Patent)
OPINION
This appeal involves the following six rejections.
First, Claims 4-6, 9-10, and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as
indefinite. Second, Claims 1-2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over admitted
prior art Figure 8B in view of admitted prior art Figure 7. Third, Claims 7-10 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over admitted prior art Figure 8B in view of admitted prior art Figure 7
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