Appeal No. 1997-3472
Application 08/405,278
assembly" is broad enough in scope to include the structure as
recited in claim 14 in which the assembly is a rotor
integrated with a disk in a one piece assembly in which there
is a plurality of disks coaxially joined to a rotor shaft and
axially spaced from said disk.
In view of this interpretation of claim 14, we thereby
find that we can determine the scope of claim 14.
Accordingly, we reverse the rejection of claims 14-18 under 35
U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph. Furthermore, we reverse the
rejection of claims 14-18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 for the same
reasons that we set forth in our opinion dated May 31, 2000.
In regard to whether the specification supports the
interpretation of claim 14 in which there is a disclosure of
an integrated one-piece assembly having a plurality of storage
disks coaxially joined to a rotor shaft and axially spaced
apart from each other for allowing independent access thereto
and said rotor is coaxially joined to said rotor shaft and
axially spaced from the disk for simultaneously rotating of
said disk, we note that this issue is not before us for our
decision. We will leave this to the Examiner to determine if
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