Appeal No. 1997-2036
Application No. 08/335,991
The examiner's rationale for modifying Brown's system is "to
reduce the number of components inside the disk drive and to
allow reduction of its size, as well as to allow possible
access to the channels without disturbing the interior of the
disk drive." The examiner
proposes (Final Rejection, page 5) further modifying Brown by
forming the channels on the disk drive housing rather than on
the cap, "as part of a routine structure optimization process
aimed to minimize the number of steps involved in the
fabrication of the disk drive."
As thoroughly discussed above, Brown does not include
plural chambers as required by the method of claim 4. Claims
1 through 3 define a structure with the same limitation of
plural chambers, with plural channels interconnected between
the chambers. Accordingly, Brown lacks the plural chambers
required for claims 1 through 3. The examiner's statements
notwithstanding, Blanks discloses a channel 12 and no
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