Appeal No. 95-2439
Application No. 08/080,353
when said supply potential rises from said second
predetermined operating voltage and said disk drive is
configured in said fourth mode of operation, said logic device
selects said first set of seek parameters and outputs said
control signal to said adapter circuit to adapt said input
voltage compatible with said first predetermined operating
voltage.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Morimoto et al. 4,636,905 Jan. 13, 1987
(Morimoto)
Osafune 4,931,889 Jun. 5, 1990
Claims 1 through 5 and 9 through 12 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. ' 103 as unpatentable over Osafune and Morimoto.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We affirm.
While we understand the disclosed invention to differ
from that of the applied references, individually or in
combination, it is our view that the claimed subject matter is
broad enough to be unpatentable over the combined references.
At the outset, we note that, in accordance with
appellants’ statement at page 5 of the brief, all claims stand
together. Accordingly, we will consider only representative
independent claim 1.
The examiner takes the position that Osafune discloses
first and second modes optimizing a seek circuit in a
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