Appeal No. 1997-3965
Application No. 08/389,069
values for such measurements." Toensing's figures 2 and 3
show two rails aligned with the longitudinal axis of both the
slider and the head arm and both the direction of rotation and
position of the arm relative to the disk. The drawings appear
to have the longitudinal axis of the slider parallel to a
track tangent somewhere in the middle of the disk. Given
appellant's admissions discussed above as to what is
conventional, one of ordinary skill in the art would have
known that the floating slider is parallel to the tangent of
an intermediate track. Accordingly, the skilled artisan would
properly interpret the drawings as having the slider body and
corresponding rails aligned with the tangent of an
intermediate track.
Appellant states (Brief, page 15) that even if Toensing
does align the longitudinal axis of the slider with the
tangent of an intermediate track, "there is no motivation to
maintain the angular relationship found in Toensing (as
asserted by the Examiner)" when modifying Toensing with the
teachings of Kuroda and Ono. More specifically, appellant
explains (Brief, pages 15-17) that Kuroda and Ono both teach
aligning the slider body with the tangent of the innermost
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