Appeal No. 98-0594
Application 08/615,461
The Rejections on Appeal
Claims 12-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the combination of Tsujino and Jordan.
A previous rejection of claims 12-15 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, has been withdrawn. See Paper No. 10. The
appellant requests that in this appeal, claims 12-15 should
stand or fall together. (Brief at 4).
The Invention
The claimed invention is directed to a method for
providing a magnet assembly for a disk drive. Each of claims
12, 13 and 15 are independent claims. Claim 14 depends from
claim 13.
Independent claims 12, 13, and 15 are reproduced below,
of which claim 13 appears to be the broadest:
12. A method of fabricating a magnet assembly for
voice coil motor of a disk drive, comprising the
steps of:
locating a first magnet plate within a die
casting for a cover of the disk drive;
providing molten material from which said cover
is made into said die casting around said first
magnet plate;
locating a second magnet plate within a die
casting for a base of the disk drive;
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