Appeal No. 1998-2476
Application No. 08/074,485
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s final rejection of claims 114 through 230.1
Claims 1 through 113 have been canceled.
The disclosed invention is directed to a magnetic storage
system. The magnetic storage system may comprise a magnetic
recording medium, a data read/write device facing the magnetic
recording medium, reciprocating means for reciprocating at
least one of the data read/write device and the magnetic
recording medium in a simple harmonic motion, moving means for
either moving the data read/write device relative to the
magnetic recording medium as the at least one of the data
read/write device and the magnetic recording medium moves in
the simple harmonic motion, or moving the magnetic recording
medium relative to the data read/write device as the at least
one of the data read/write device and the magnetic recording
1Three amendments after the final rejection were filed.
The first two after the final rejection amendments (Paper Nos.
13 and 23) were denied entry by the examiner, see Paper Nos.
14 and 24. The third after the final rejection amendment
(Paper No. 28) was approved to be entered by the examiner, see
Paper No. 30. However, this amendment has not been entered
physically into the record. It should be entered because it
had been approved for entry by the examiner. The claims in
the appendix attached to the brief include this amendment in
the claims.
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