Appeal No. 95-3849
Application 08/029,549
roundness, and there is a possibility that stabilized
transport of a magnetic tape may be obstructed"
(specification, page 35). Nevertheless, the examiner has not
relied on the groove structure of Shiba or provided any
reasoning why it would have been obvious to make the crest
height smaller in Shiba. Because we review the examiner's
rejection, we do not address whether the height limitation of
claim 1 would have been suggested by Shiba in light of other
prior art, such as Kuroda.
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