Appeal No. 1998-2566
Application 08/685,420
Representative claim 2 is reproduced as follows:
2. A suspension system for supporting a magnetic
read/write slider comprising:
a load beam for mechanically supporting a slider;
a slider support member for providing a region on
which the slider can be mechanically attached;
a flexure having less stiffness than the load beam and
connecting the load beam to the slider support member, the
flexure comprising a first flexible finger region extending
along a first outside edge of the flexure and a second
flexible finger region extending along a second outside edge
of the flexure, the first flexible finger region and the
second flexible finger region each comprising a multilayered
material comprised of a first layer, a second layer positioned
over the first layer, and a third layer positioned over the
second layer, the first layer comprising a metal, the second
layer comprising a dielectric material and the third layer
comprising an electrically conductive material with the first
flexible finger region being connected to the slider support
member by at least a part of the first layer and the second
flexible finger region being connected to the slider support
member by at least a part of the first layer;
at least one slot that extends completely through the
first layer of the first flexible finger region; and
at least one electrical conductor formed in the third
layer of the first flexible finger region and positioned over
the slot.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Erpelding et al. (Erpelding) 4,996,623 Feb. 26, 1991
Picault et al. (Picault) 5,026,434 June 25, 1991
Claims 2, 3, 7, 8, 10 and 16 stand rejected under 35
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