Appeal No. 95-1673
Application 08/039,552
conducting layer and the second auxiliary track in Imanaka
because Imanaka indicates that his invention is applicable to
thin film magnetic heads having a coil of a multi-layer
structure and such structures
are well known in the art as taught by Koyanagi.
With regard to the claimed requirement of the connecting
tracks being on the same level, the examiner relies on
Matsumoto’s connecting tracks 3a being on the same level as
the windings 3. The examiner explains that it would have been
obvious to have the connecting tracks on the same level as the
windings in Imanaka as taught by Matsumoto because it “only
requires an obvious repositioning of elements to acquire such
an art recognized equivalent configuration...” [answer - page
6]. Further, contends the examiner, since Imanaka does not
specify that the connecting tracks are at different levels
from the windings, the placement of these tracks is not
restricted to what is depicted in Imanaka’s drawings.
First, with regard to the examiner’s combination of
Imanaka with Koyanagi, even if we consider the upper magnetic
film 111a of Imanaka to be the claimed “second auxiliary
track” and even
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