Appeal No. 1998-2562
Application No. 08/567,403
a read/write head mounted to the tongue, the
read/write head including a transducer electrically
connected to the bonding pad for electrically inter-
connecting the head to the electronic componentry,
the
load button extending through the ground opening and
contacting a top surface of the read/write head to
ground the head to the load beam and to apply a load
force on the head in the direction of the disk.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Bennin et al. (Bennin) 5,491,597 Feb. 13, 1996
(filed Apr. 15,
1994)
Claims 13, 17, 18 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by the disclosure of Bennin.
Claims 19-22 and 24-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the teachings of Bennin taken alone.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the
evidence of anticipation and obviousness relied upon by the
examiner as support for the rejections. We have, likewise,
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