Appeal No. 2002-2027 Page 3
Application No. 09/209,304
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claim.
8. An information handling system comprising:
a base;
a disc rotatably attached to the base; and
an actuator assembly movably attached to the base the actuator
assembly further comprising a voice coil attached to the actuator
assembly;
at least one magnet attached to the base and positioned near the
voice coil to form a voice coil motor;
means for determining the amount of current to apply to the voice
coil based on a comparison between an actual velocity and a demand
velocity.
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by U.S. Patent
No. 4,480,217 (“Robbins”). Claims 1-7 and 9-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as obvious over U.S. Patent No. 4,697,127 (“Stich”) in view of U.S. Patent No.
5,363,359 (“Lee”).
OPINION
Our opinion addresses the following rejections:
• anticipation rejection of claim 8
• obviousness rejection of claims 1-7 and 9-13.
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