Appeal No. 1997-3962
Application 08/500,741
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 2, 3 and 5-9,
which constituted all the claims remaining in the application.
An amendment after final rejection was filed on July 9, 1996
and was entered by the examiner. This amendment cancelled
claims 2, 3 and 5. Therefore, this appeal is directed to the
rejection of claims 6-9 which are all the claims remaining in
this application. A declaration was also filed after final
rejection which was also entered by the examiner [advisory
action mailed August 6, 1996].
The disclosed invention pertains to a thin film read-
write magnetic head for recording and reproducing information
on a magnetic medium.
Representative claim 8 is reproduced as follows:
8. A thin film read-write magnetic head for use with a
magnetic medium on which data tracks are recorded and read out
comprising:
first and second magnetic layers for forming a magnetic
yoke with a nonmagnetic transducing gap and having at least
three separate closely spaced sections, all of said three
sections each being formed of material having substantially
the same magnetic reluctance, wherein the total width of said
nonmagnetic transducing gap defined by said three sections
delineates the total width of said recorded data tracks, the
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