Appeal No. 1997-3742
Application 08/405,561
such that the rotor and the storage disk may form an
integrated one-piece assembly as recited in Appellants’ claim
1. Therefore, we reverse the rejection of claims 1, 3, 4, 6
through 9, and 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Cooper and Ahn.
Turning to the rejection of claims 10 and 25, Appellants
on pages 17 through 19 of the brief point out that claim 10
recites a pair of microfiles each including a storage device
similar to that recited in claim 1 and provide similar
arguments. We note that claim 10 is the only other
independent claim and recites the limitation of “a rotor
integrated with said disk in a one-piece assembly.” For the
same reasons as discussed above, we reverse the rejection of
claims 10 and 25 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Cooper, Ahn, and
Goss.
In view of the forgoing, the decision of the Examiner
rejecting claims 1, 3, 4, 6 through 10, 24, and 25 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in
connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 C.F.R.
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