Appeal No. 96-1841
Application 08/101,324
present between each end portion and the facing layer
of hard-magnetic material.
The examiner relies on the following prior art
references:
Kuijk (Kuijk '748) 4,052,748 October 4,
1977
Smith 4,903,158 February 20,
1990
We note that the examiner cites Kuijk, U.S. Patent 4,122,505
(Kuijk '505), issued October 24, 1978, in the listing of
prior art relied upon in the rejection (Examiner's Answer,
page 2), while the statement of the rejection in the Final
Rejection and the Examiner's Answer relies on Kuijk '748.
In the Examiner's Answer, the examiner appears to confuse
Kuijk '505 with Kuijk '748 since the examiner's references
to line numbers (e.g., col. 1, lines 38-59 and lines 38-37
cited in the Examiner's Answer, page 5) correspond exactly
to paragraphs in Kuijk '505 and references to element
numbers (i.e., electrical layer 4/5/9 mentioned in the
Examiner's Answer, page 5) correspond to element numbers in
Kuijk '505. We treat the rejection as being over Kuijk '748
to be consistent with the statement of the rejection.
Claims 1-6 and 8-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Smith and Kuijk '748.
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