Appeal No. 1998-3365
Application No. 08/673,214
radius of the rotor magnet accommodating portion and a
distance between a lens portion and an inner end of the
optical head is larger than a radius of an outer border of a
non-recording area of the optical disk.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Ohsawa 5,334,896 Aug. 2, 1994
Claims 1, 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Ohsawa taken
alone.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the examiner and the
evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support
for the rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellant’s
arguments set forth in the briefs along with the examiner’s
rationale in support of the rejection and arguments in
rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer.
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