Appeal No. 97-3469
Application 08/188,427
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. In a rotary actuator for positioning a dual gap
transducing head relative to a track on a rotating
recording medium, the medium rotating about a first axis
and the rotary actuator moving the head adjacent the
medium about a second axis parallel to the first axis
between an inner radial position adjacent an inner-most
track and an outer radial position adjacent an outer-most
track on the medium, the head comprising:
means for writing information on a recording medium,
the means for writing information defining a
shadow over the track, the shadow having a width
comprising the radial width of information
written on the track; and
means for reading information from the recording
medium
wherein the reading means is spaced from the
writing means and located completely within the
shadow of the writing means at all positions
between the inner and outer radial positions
over the rotating recording medium.
The examiner relies on the following prior art:
Mowry 5,208,715 May 4, 1993
The specification stands objected to and claims 17-24 and
27-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph,
as failing to provide an enabling disclosure.
Claims 1, 6, 11, and 15-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by, or in the alternative, under
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Mowry.
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