Appeal No. 1998-2494
Application No. 08/521,363
BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to a magnetic recording medium for high-density
recording and a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus. Claim 1 is reproduced
below.
1. A magnetic recording medium using a ferromagnetic thin film as a magnetic
layer whose fluctuation field of magnetic viscosity at the field strength equal to
remanence coercivity or coercivity is not less than 15 oersteds.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Murayama et al. (Murayama) 5,478,661 Dec. 26, 1995
(filed Apr. 1, 1993)
Gill et al. (Gill) 5,492,720 Feb. 20, 1996
(effective filing date Aug. 15, 1994)
Claims 1-7 and 11-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated
by Murayama.
Claims 8-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Murayama in view of Gill.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 7) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 14) for a statement of the examiner's position and to the Brief (Paper No. 13) and the
Reply Brief (Paper No. 15) for appellants’ position with respect to the claims which stand
rejected. An earlier section 102 rejection over U.S. patent 5,480,733 (Okumura et al.) has
been withdrawn by the examiner. (See Answer, page 2.)
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