Appeal 2007-3202
Application 10/145,987
References Relied on by the Examiner
Hines US 6,707,122 Mar 16, 2004
Mizoshita US 5,583,726 Dec. 10, 1996
Gibbons US 6,735,850 May 18, 2004
The Rejections on Appeal
The Examiner rejected claims 1-5, 7-13, 15, and 31-40 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Hines and Mizoshita.
The Examiner rejected claims 14 and 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Hines, Mizoshita, and Gibbons.
B. Issue
Have the Applicants shown error in the rejection of claims 1-5, 7-16,
and 31-40?
C. Summary of the Decision
The Applicants have not shown error in the rejection of claims 1-5,
7-16, and 31-40.
D Findings of Fact (Referenced as FF. ¶ No.)
1. The disclosed invention is directed to magnetically sensitive
read head for use in a disc drive for reading magnetically coded data on a
disk. (Specification 1:8-18).
2. The independent claims are claims 1, 31 and 32; claims 1 and
32 are reproduced below:
1. A device for detecting magnetic fields, the device
comprising:
2
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