Ex parte MUKAWA - Page 11




          Appeal No. 98-0599                                                          
          Application 08/434,029                                                      

          on the first surface of the transparent substrate.”  The                    
          appellant states in footnote 3 of its brief that perhaps the                
          examiner is suggesting that the disk media 16 and the control               
          ring 19 in Kato can be formed of a single-piece substrate and               
          a recording layer can be deposited thereon.  The appellant                  
          then argues (Br. at 9) that Kato does not teach or suggest                  
          that such a material is suitable for forming a hub portion of               
          a disk                                                                      
























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