Appeal No. 1998-1470
Application 08/533,740
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 1-4, 6-9, and 11. Claim 10 is
said to be redundant to claim 7 and, while not canceled, is
not appealed.
We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to an optical disc assembly
having a glass substrate that is designed to prevent a failure
of the glass substrate near its corner upon receipt of
physical shocks.
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. An optical disc, comprising:
a disc-shaped glass substrate defining a pair of
major surfaces and an outer side and having information-
carrying means on one major surface,
a resin protective member including a disc-shaped
covering portion and an annular rim extending from the
periphery of the covering portion,
an adhesive layer integrally joining said substrate
and said protective member,
the information-carrying means of said glass
substrate faces the covering portion of said protective
member and the outer side of said glass substrate is
surrounded by the annular rim to leave a space between
the outer side of said glass substrate and an inner
surface of the annular rim.
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