Appeal No. 96-3612
Application 08/161,869
All of the rejections are reversed because the applied
references neither teach nor would have suggested to one of
ordinary skill in the art a die-molded rotatable head base
formed from a conductive resin material.
We agree with the examiner that “Fujioka discloses a
rotary magnetic head comprising plural head chips (44,94)
buried within the housing envelopes (figures 5, 10, and 14) of
a head base (41), wherein the head chips and head base may be
formed from different materials (column 6 - lines 49 to 62),”
and that “Fujioka does not expressly disclose the head base as
being formed from die-molded conductive resin” (Answer, pages
3 and 4). We also agree with the examiner that “Ogi discloses
a rotary
magnetic head [translation, page 6] comprising a head base
formed from a resin” (Answer, page 4). With respect to the
examiner’s statement (Answer, page 4) that “Nakanishi
discloses a rotary magnetic head assembly formed from molded
plastics (column 7 - lines 26 to 29, column 8 - line 48),
including conductive plastics (column 7 - lines 61 and 62),”
we find that Nakanishi only discloses conductive plastic
grounding parts 5A and 5B (Figure 13) that are formed on the
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