Appeal No. 1997-1165
Application No. 08/217,184
a new ground of rejection of claims 1, 5, and 6 (supplemental
examiner’s answer, paper number 14). In an Amendment After
Final (paper number 15), claims 2 and 3 were amended, and2
claim 5 was canceled. Accordingly, claims 1 and 6 remain
before us on appeal.
The disclosed invention relates to an optical disk drive
wherein holding structure for a spindle motor that drives an
optical disk is mounted so that the center axis of vibration
of the spindle motor is inclined at an angle relative to the
reference scanning line of an optical pickup.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. An optical disk drive comprising:
a spindle motor for driving an optical recording disk for
rotation, the spindle motor having a center axis;
an optical pickup including an objective lens having an
optical axis, the objective lens being movable along a
reference scanning line; and
a spindle motor holding structure that holds the spindle
motor, the spindle motor holding structure having a center
new ground of rejection in the supplemental examiner’s answer.
2The amendment was filed with the supplemental reply
brief.
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