Appeal No. 1997-3965
Application No. 08/389,069
parallel to the tangent, which is easier than orienting the
slider at the skew angle. However, as the slider is already
aligned with the tangent of the intermediate track, there is
no motivation to make the modification. Even if we could
merely substitute Yamada's slider for Toensing's, thereby
maintaining the angular relationship between the slider body
and the tangent to the intermediate track, there is no
motivation to maintain that angular relationship after
applying the teachings of Kuroda and Ono. Consequently, the
angular relationship between the longitudinal axis of the
slider and the rails would not have
been obvious. Therefore, we must reverse the rejection of
claims 1 through 5, 7, 8, and 10.
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