Ex parte NAKAGAWA et al. - Page 9




          Appeal No. 1999-2284                                                        
          Application 08/798,443                                                      


               Fig. 2 shows the organization of the mechanical and                    










               electrical elements within the form factor and                         
               mounted on frame 14.  The disks 8 are mounted about                    
               a hub 6 which contains the spindle drive motor.                        

                    The third claim 1 limitation requires "a spindle                  
               motor, coupled to and extending partially from the                     
               enclosure, the spindle motor having a shaft coupled                    
               to the disk for rotating the disk."  Appellants'                       
               Figure 1, shown below, illustrates this limitation.                    







               The open top of a base 12 is closed with a cover 14 to                 
          form an enclosure case.  Specification, page 8, lines 14-                   


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