Appeal No. 1996-3811
Application 08/188,078
by making the layers (both non-magnetic by necessity) from
the same substance" (Final Rejection, page 4).
Claims 4, 8, 10, 11, and 16 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kaminaka, Frey,
and Cohen.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 12), the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 17) (pages referred to as
"EA__"), and the Supplemental Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 20) (pages referred to as "SEA__") for a statement of
the Examiner's position and to the Appeal Brief (Paper
No. 16) (pages referred to as "Br__") and the Reply Brief
(Paper No. 19) (pages referred to as "RBr__") for a
statement of Appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
Grouping of claims
Appellants group claims 1-16 to stand or fall together
and claims 17-19 to separately stand or fall together (Br4).
Thus, it is only necessary to address the broadest
independent claim and the corresponding one of dependent
claims 17-19. Claim 1 is considered representative of
claims 1-16.
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