Appeal No. 1996-1309
Application 08/053,174
wherein a transition region between the idling region and the
data storage region is provided as recited in Appellants'
claims 24 and 25. Therefore, we will not sustain the
Examiner's rejection of claims 24 and 25 under 35 U.S.C. §
103.
On page 9 of the brief, Appellants argue that
neither Samoto nor Kato shows or suggests the provision of
rails which
generate an increase in pressure as set forth within
Appellants' claim 26. On page 9 of the Examiner's answer, the
Examiner maintains that this feature is shown by Samoto in
Figure 1 as rails 4a. We agree and thereby affirm the
Examiner's decision to reject claim 26 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Appellants argue that claim 28 recites the provision
of a plurality of indentations which run substantially
transverse to the direction of rotation of the first annular
surface. Appellants argue that neither Kato nor Samoto
teaches or suggests this limitation.
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