Appeal No. 1998-1547
Application No. 08/582,001
The invention is directed to a head suspension assembly
in a disk drive for supporting and positioning electromagnetic
heads for transduction with one or more recording disks
mounted on a rotatable spindle.
Independent claim 1 is representative of the invention
and is reproduced as follows:
1. A suspension assembly for supporting a transducer in a
disk drive comprising:
a suspension member with a multilayer laminate stock
having a mount plate area defined therein,
said mount plate area comprising:
a plurality of metal layers clad to one another, and
at least one etch retardant layer received between a
first pair of said plurality of metal layers; and
said etch retardant layer is a metal selected from
the group consisting of gold, tungsten, and nickel.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Erpelding et al. [Erpelding] 4,996,623 Feb.
26, 1991
Claims 1-6 and 21-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, second paragraph. Claims 1-6 and 21-26 stand further
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Erpelding.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
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