Appeal No. 98-0592
Application 08/463,168
been subjected to a shock of a predetermined amount.
The appellant has argued all claims 13-15 together as a
single group. See Brief at page 3.
Opinion
The rejection of claims 13-15 cannot be sustained.
A reversal of the rejection on appeal should not be
construed as an affirmative indication that the appellant’s
claims are patentable over prior art. We address only the
positions and rationale as set forth by the examiner and on
which the examiner’s rejection of the claims on appeal is
based.
According to claim 13, the disk drive includes a base, at
least one disk attached to the base, an actuator also attached
to the base, which actuator includes a transducer positioned
over the at least one disk, a cover attached to the base to
form an enclosure for the at least one disk and the
transducer, and a shock sensitive sensor. Further according
to claim 13, the cover or the base includes “a window for
viewing inside the enclosure,” and the shock sensitive sensor
is “attached to one of said cover and said base within said
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