Appeal No. 96-1707
Application 08/221,999
will sustain the rejection of claims 7-9, 11, 13,14, 29-34 and 36. We disagree with the
Examiner that claims 10,12 and 35 are properly rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 and we
will not sustain the rejection of claims 10,12 and 35. As a consequence of our review, we
make the determinations which follow.
REJECTION OF
CLAIMS 7-9, 11, 13,14, 29-34 and 36 UNDER §103
Claims 7-9, 11, 13,14, 29-34 and 36 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
Otsuka in view of appellant's admitted prior art in the specification (pages 1-7 and Figures
12-16) and Jones. The Examiner has set forth the rejection in detail including
corresponding teachings in the prior art references for the claimed elements and the
motivation for the combination of references. (See answer at pages 3-7.) We agree with
the Examiner and further elaborate below.
Otsuka teaches the basic structure of an individual head and the required layering
on the substrate as discussed by the examiner. (See answer at pages 3-5.) The admitted
prior art shows a conventional two head structure on the same substrate
where the heads are set forth in a stacked arrangement. (See answer at pages 5-6.) The
specification also discusses the well known and recognized problems of higher number of
layers on the substrate, lower yields and higher production costs associated with the
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