Appeal No. 96-2618
Application 08/263,252
the thin conductor film having a thickness and being
located such that the track pitch formed by the magnetic
heads is substantially independent of the thickness of
the thin conductor film.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Lorteije 4,860,132 August 22, 1989
Sanyo Electric Co. (Sanyo) 62-22205 January 30, 19872
(Japanese Kokai)
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Lorteije.
Claims 6, 7, 11, and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Lorteije and Sanyo.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 22) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 28) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the
Examiner's position and to the Brief (Paper No. 27) (pages
referred to as "RBr__") for Appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
Claim 5
The Examiner finds that "Lorteije also shows 'thin
A translation accompanies this decision.2
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