Appeal No. 1996-4190
Application 08/311,710
a member mounted on said arm;
a magnetic body mounted on said member and movable
through a planar locus of points as said arm moves;
a magnet fixed to said base for attracting said magnetic
body and spaced apart from said magnetic body in a direction
perpendicular to a plane containing said planar locus of
points, said magnetic body standing closest to said magnet
when the magnetic head is positioned over the parking area of
the medium, said magnet being magnetized perpendicularly to
said plane containing said planar locus of points; and
a yoke mounted on said magnet for absorbing magnetic
lines of force issuing from said magnet.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Sun et al. (Sun) 5,003,422 Mar. 26, 1991
Stefansky 5,170,300 Dec. 8, 1992
(filed: Jan. 22, 1991)
Claims 8 to 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 over
Sun or Stefansky. Claims 10 to 15 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 over Sun or Stefansky.
Rather than repeat the positions and the arguments of
Appellant or the Examiner, we make reference to the briefs2
and the answer for their respective positions.
2A reply brief was filed as paper no. 29 and was entered
in the record without any further response by the Examiner
[paper no. 31].
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