Appeal No. 1999-2284
Application 08/798,443
Because Vettel fails to teach or disclose the third claim 1
limitation of a spindle motor coupled to and partially extending from
the enclosure, we find that Vettel does not anticipate Appellants'
claim 1.
Turning now to construe independent claim 14, we note that it
recites a limitation common to claim 1: "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." Having already
determined that Vettel does not teach or disclose this claim
limitation, we therefore, likewise hold that Vettel does not
anticipate Appellants' claim 14.
We further find that Vettel also fails to read on independent
claim 5. We note that claim 5 first requires "an enclosure case
containing part of a spindle motor for rotating a magnetic disk and a
voice coil motor." However, based on Vettel's Figure 2, shown supra,
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