Appeal No. 96-3901
Application 08/192,638
where the read signal has an amplitude approximately equal to
a predeter- mined percentage of the maximum amplitude;
calculating a midpoint between the first and second
actuator offsets; and
setting the radial read-to-write offset equal to a
difference between the midpoint and the predetermined actuator
offset.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Bremmer 4,485,418 Nov. 27, 1984
Miwa et al. (Miwa) 4,644,421 Feb. 17, 1987
Volz et al. (Volz) 4,969,059 Nov. 6, 1990
Ishida 2,079,666 Apr. 24, 1993
(Canadian patent)
Claims 1 through 3, 6 through 8, 10, 12, 13 and 15
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Ishida in view of Bremmer. Claims 4, 5 and 11 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Ishida in view of Bremmer further in view of Miwa. Claims 9
and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatent-
able over Ishida in view of Bremmer and Miwa, and further in
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