Appeal No. 1998-0927
Application No. 08/343,939
selected one of said search mode, transition mode and track
following mode for controlling the velocity of said head for
traversing said moving distance.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Funches et al. (Funches) 5,305,160 Apr.
19, 1994
Claims 15 through 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over the admitted prior art in view of
Funches.
Reference is made to the final rejection, the briefs and
the answer for the respective positions of the appellant and
the examiner.
OPINION
The obviousness rejection of claims 15 through 21 is
sustained as to claim 15, but is reversed as to claims 16
through 21.
According to the examiner (Answer, pages 4 and 5),
appellant’s admitted prior art (AAPA) discloses all of the
steps of claim 15 except for the enabling of an interrupt
service routine (ISR). With respect to the interrupt service
routine, the examiner indicates (Final rejection, pages 5 and
6) that:
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