Appeal No. 2000-0337
Application No. 08/825,449 Page 2
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 8, which is reproduced
as follows:
8. A disk drive system, comprising:
a disk;
a head positioned a predetermined distance above said disk;
and
a spindle motor including a motor shaft, a bearing sleeve,
two ball bearings positioned between an outer periphery of said
motor shaft and an inner periphery of said bearing sleeve,
wherein each of said ball bearings includes a plurality of balls,
a hub having an inner periphery with only one bonding region and
an outer periphery attached to said disk, and a magnet attached
to said hub and disposed outwardly of said bearing sleeve, said
bonding region having at least one annular recess and a plurality
of contact regions, wherein said bonding region is positioned
axially between said two ball bearings without being axially
aligned with either of said two ball bearings and between an
outer periphery of said bearing sleeve and said inner periphery
of said hub.
In addition to appellants’ admitted prior art (AAPA), the
prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims is:
Chuta et al. (Chuta) 5,138,209 Aug. 11, 1992
Claims 4-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Chuta in view of appellants’ admitted prior art
(AAPA).
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