Appeal No. 96-2747
Application 08/245,518
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 2 through 5, 7 and 8, which constitute all of
the claims remaining of record in the application.
The appellant's invention is directed to an improved slider
for an information storage system. The subject matter before us
on appeal is illustrated by reference to claim 2.
2. An improved slider for an information storage system
having an information storage medium including an exposed surface
at least partly covered with an incompressible fluid, the
improved slider comprising:
a face region which is exposed to the incompressible fluid
located on the exposed surface of the information storage medium
during operation of the information storage system, the face
region having a length, a width, a pair of opposing sides
extending across the length of the face region, two opposite ends
which extend across the width of the face region and
perpendicular to the opposing sides;
at least one of the opposite ends having a partially
controlled, textured surface with a patterned roughness extending
lengthwise across the width of the face region; and
at least one bearing pad having a length and a width and
located at least partially within at least one end and having at
least a partially controlled, textured surface with a patterned
roughness comprising a plurality of triangle shaped grooves
extending lengthwise across substantially the entire width of the
bearing pad each of said triangle shaped grooves having a vertex
extending into said bearing pad.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Aronoff et al. (Aronoff) 5,079,657 Jan. 7, 1992
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