Appeal No. 95-2439
Application No. 08/080,353
parameters (i.e., don’t seek to write any data) and outputs a
control signal to adapt the input voltage compatible with the
second predetermined operating voltage (i.e., below the upper
limit voltage in Morimoto, the write and erase circuits are
controlled so as to be inoperable).
Further, when the supply voltage rises from the second
predetermined operating voltage (i.e., from below the upper
level voltage, rising to the upper level voltage in Morimoto)
and the disk drive is configured in a fourth mode of operation
(i.e., write and erase circuits operable, along with the read
function, in Morimoto), the logic device selects the first set
of seek parameters (i.e., write to the chosen location in
Morimoto) and outputs a control signal to adapt the input
voltage compatible with the first predetermined operating
voltage (i.e., the voltage is at the upper level voltage in
Morimoto).
Appellants argue, at page 7 of the brief, that their
invention affords “great flexibility” because of the “fixed
and adaptive modes.” But, as explained by the examiner, such
a combination of modes is attained by the combination of
Osafune (fixed modes) and Morimoto (adaptive modes, as broadly
claimed).
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