Appeal No. 2005-0661
Application No. 09/894,480
15 read as follows:1
1. A disc drive comprising:
a housing having a first component;
an actuator having a cavity; and
a pivot comprising:
a first member positioned within the cavity and coupled to
the actuator, the first member having at least one external
surface;
a second member mounted to the first housing component; and
at least two leaves, each leaf joining one of the external
surfaces to the second member, wherein the leaves are
transversely disposed at an angle to one another such that the
actuator is pivotable with respect to the housing about an axis.
15. A disc drive comprising:
a base;
an actuator configured for rotation relative to the base
about an axis of rotation; and
means for pivotably coupling the actuator to the base.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Puro 4,478,532 Oct. 23, 1984
1
1 In the event of further prosecution before the examiner,
steps should be taken to correct the lack of proper antecedent
basis for the recitations of “the external surfaces” in claims 1,
6 and 13.
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