Ex parte SCHOTT - Page 8




          Appeal No. 1999-2277                                                        
          Application 08/803,578                                                      


               The signal terminals[] of the slider[] are directly                    
               connected  to  the  signal  electrodes[]  on  the  wiring              
               substrate[] by . . . using gold balls. . . . The grounding             
               terminal[] of the slider[] is also directly connected to               
               the grounding electrode[] on the wiring substrate[] by . .             
               . ball bonding using a gold ball.  Column 6, line 65, to               
               column 7, lines 4.                                                     
               We find no evidence in Kudo that teaches or suggests that              
          the gold ball bonding is used to attach or support an attachment            
          of the magnetic slider to the flexible wiring substrate.  We                
          find that the gold ball bonding is only used to attach the                  
          signal electrodes to the respective signal terminals of the                 
          slider.                                                                     
               We are not inclined to dispense with proof by evidence when            
          the proposition at issue is not supported by a teaching in the              
          prior art reference or shown to be common knowledge of                      
          unquestionable demonstration.  Our reviewing court requires this            
          evidence in order to establish a prima facie case.  Piasecki,               
          745 F.2d at 1471-72, 223 USPQ at 787-88; In re Knapp-Monarch                
          Co., 296 F.2d 230, 232, 132 USPQ 6,8 (CCPA 1961); In re Cofer,              
          354 F.2d 664, 668, 148 USPQ 268, 271-72 (CCPA 1966).                        
               Based on the evidence and arguments presented, and the                 
          pertinent law in this matter, we find that the Examiner has                 


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