Ex parte JOHNSON et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 98-0593                                                           
          Application 08/491,511                                                       



                               The Rejection on Appeal                                 
               Claims 2, 11 and 12 stand finally rejected under 35                     
          U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Kugimiya.                            
               Claims 3-6 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103                 
          as being unpatentable over Kugimiya.                                         
               Claims 7-10 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103                
          as being unpatentable over Kugimiya, Watanabe, and Matsuzawa.                
                                    The Invention                                      
               The invention is directed to a magnetic head for                        
          recording, erasing, and/or reading information from a magnetic               
          carrier.  The two independent claims, claims 11 and 12, are                  
          reproduced below:                                                            
               11.  A magnetic head comprising at least one                            
               core portion of polycrystalline MnZn ferroferrite                       
               material, said material having an average grain size                    
               ranging between 0.2 and 3.0 micrometers in order to                     
               substantially reduce output noise signals.                              
               12.  A magnetic head comprising at least one                            
               core portion of polycrystalline MnZn ferroferrite                       
               material, said material having an average grain size                    
               ranging between 0.2 and 3.0 micrometers so that the                     
               rubbing noise level is less than the electronic                         
               noise level.                                                            

                                       Opinion                                         

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