Appeal No. 1999-2277
Application 08/803,578
preferably attached to the bonding pads by ultrasonic means.
Specification, page 4.
Appellant’s independent claim 1, reproduced below, is
representative of the invention:
1. A magnetic head suspension assembly comprising:
an air bearing slider having a leading edge and a
trailing edge;
bonding pads disposed on said leading and trailing edges;
and
a flexible member having an attachment surface, and metallic
bonding joints for fixedly attaching said bonding pads to said
attachment surface via ultrasonic means for securing said slider
to said flexible member without adhesive.
In rejecting Appellant’s claims, the Examiner relies on
the following reference:
Kudo et al. (Kudo) 5,567,186 Aug. 12,
1997
Claims 1, 4-8, 10, 11, 13 and 15-17 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Kudo. Rather than repeat
the arguments of Appellant and Examiner, we refer the reader to
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