Ex parte MIYAZAKI - Page 2




                     Appeal No. 1998-0538                                                                                                                                              
                     Application 08/424,634                                                                                                                                            






                                Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:                                                                                                            
                                1.  A sliding type head carriage assembly for a magnetic                                                                                               
                     disk drive for flexible magnetic disks, comprising:                                                                                                               
                                a slider including a magnetic core for writing and                                                                                                     
                     reading data to and from a flexible magnetic disk;                                                                                                                
                                a carriage supporting said slider; and                                                                                                                 
                                a projection protruding from said carriage at least in                                                                                                 
                     the vicinity of one side of said slider;                                                                                                                          
                                wherein said slider is directly adhered to said carriage                                                                                               
                     by an adhesive, and wherein said projection is separate from                                                                                                      
                     and also directly adhered to said slider by said adhesive.                                                                                                        
                                The following references are relied upon by the examiner:                                                                                              
                     Kakizaki et al. (Kakizaki)                                                 5,091,810                                  Feb.                                        
                     25, 1992                                                                                                                                                          
                     Nagase       1                                                             04-149816                                  May                                         
                     22, 1992                                                                                                                                                          
                     (Japanese Patent Application)                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                Claims 1 and 3 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                                                                                                
                     § 103.  As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon                                                                                                      


                                1Our understanding of this reference is based upon a                                                                                                   
                     translation provided by the Scientific and Technical                                                                                                              
                     Information Center of the Patent and Trademark Office.  A copy                                                                                                    
                     of the translation is enclosed with this decision.                                                                                                                
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