Appeal No. 1998-0596
Application 08/259,370
References relied on by the Examiner
Kant et al. (Kant) 4,670,804 Jun. 2, 1987
Ainslie et al. (Ainslie) 4,789,914 Dec. 6, 1988
Hosokawa et al. (Hosokawa) 5,014,145 May 7, 1991
The Rejections on Appeal
Claims 1-3, 21, 31-34, 36-39 and 55 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Kant, Ainslie, and Hosokawa.
Claims 4, 20, 22, 24-30, 40-43 and 45-54 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Kant and Ainslie.
A rejection of claims 1-4, 20-22, 24-34, 36-43 and 45-55, under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, based on an objection to the specification under 35 U.S.C. § 132
appears to have been withdrawn by the examiner in a supplemental examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 29).
The Invention
The claimed invention is directed to an apparatus combination assembly including
an integrated thin film slider and transducer and a thin film suspension. Representative
independent claims 4 and 20 are reproduced below:
4. A combination assembly comprising:
an integrated thin film slider and transducer formed in its entirety by a
process of thin film deposition and having thin film lead layers for activating said thin film
transducer;
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