Appeal No. 96-1856
Application 08/193,324
Representative claim 11 is reproduced below:
11. A method of conditioning a magnetic read/write head
adapted for use with a storage medium, said method comprising
the steps of:
causing said head to perform an operation on a first
sector of a track on a storage medium;
determining whether said first operation resulted in an
error; and
if said error occurred, moving said head to a remote
position relative to said storage medium and
again causing said head to perform said operation on said
track of said storage medium.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Obrea 4,837,702 June 6,
1989
Supino, Jr. et al. (Supino) 5,053,892 Oct. 1,
1991
Claims 11-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Supino. This reference, in combination
with Obrea, is utilized within 35 U.S.C. § 103 to reject
claims 1-3.
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