Appeal 2007-0112
Application 09/892,790
1 a U-shaped air bearing platform (col. __, line __; Fig. _,
2 element _) defining a negative pressure cavity (col. __, line __;
3 Fig. _, element _) on said principal surface (col. __, line __;
4 Fig. _, element _), said U-shaped air bearing platform
5 comprising not more than two separate air bearing platforms
6 (col. __, line __; Fig. _, element _) each extending rearwardly
7 (col. __, line __; Fig. _, element _) toward said rear portion of
8 said principal surface and respectively terminating (col. __, line
9 __; Fig. _, element _) at a first rear termination (col. __, line __;
10 Fig. _, element _) and a second rear termination (col. __, line
11 __; Fig. _, element _), at least one of said not more than two
12 separate air bearing platforms including a side wall portion (col.
13 __, line __; Fig. _, element _);
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15 at least one of said first rear termination and said second
16 rear termination not coinciding (col. __, line __; Fig. _, element
17 _) with said rear edge, and being disposed upstream (col. __,
18 line __; Fig. _, element _) of said rear edge relative to said
19 rotational direction (col. __, line __; Fig. _, element _) of said
20 recording medium.
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22 The Examiner may use a similar format for the other four claims on
23 appeal. Based on the Examiner’s discussion in the answer, it may be that
24 certain elements of the claims on appeal are not numbered in the drawings.
25 The Examiner should feel free to reproduce a copy of any relevant figure of
26 the drawings and add numbers to elements not otherwise numbered and
27 include a copy of the drawing with the response to this remand.
28 We appreciate the fact that this remand is the second remand to the
29 Examiner, the first having to do with a recapture rejection which the
30 Examiner has withdrawn. However, where possible, a proper decision on
31 the merits is to be achieved and we are confident we will be able to better
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