Ex parte FUKUCHI et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 96-3604                                         Page 4           
          Application No. 08/383,658                                                  


               a second head core, integrally formed with said second                 
          slider, to perform recording/reproducing of information                     
          on/from said flexible magnetic disk.                                        



               Besides admitted prior art (Admission), the reference                  
          relied on by the patent examiner in rejecting the claims                    
          follows:                                                                    

          Gomi et al. (Gomi)       4,912,582           Mar. 27, 1990.                 

               Claims 5 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                
          obvious over Admission in view of Gomi.  Rather than repeat                 
          the arguments of the appellants or examiner in toto, we refer               
          to the appeal brief and the examiner’s answer for the                       
          respective details thereof.                                                 


                                       OPINION                                        
               In reaching our decision in this appeal, we considered                 
          the subject matter on appeal and the rejection and evidence                 
          advanced by the examiner.  We also considered the appellants’               
          and examiner’s arguments.  After considering the record before              
          us, it is our view that the evidence and the level of skill in              








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