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. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007