Appeal No. 2000-1233
Application No. 09/040,532
Claim 20 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
20. A disk recording system comprising:
a recording head;
a turntable for rotatably supporting a disk adjacent said recording head, said turntable being
rotatable about a first axis;
a support for supporting one of said turntable and said recording head so as to enable relative
movement between said first axis and said recording head, said support including a rotary air
bearing, and said rotary air bearing defining a direction for said relative movement; and
rotary movement damping means for damping said relative movement.
The references1 relied on by the examiner are:
Cheng et al. (Cheng) 4,394,667 July 19, 1983
Watanabe et al. (Watanabe) 4,985,884 Jan. 15, 1991
Christiaens 5,193,084 Mar. 9, 1993
Malissin et al. (Malissin) 2,222,718 Oct. 18, 1974
(French patent application)
Williams 0 065 625 Dec. 1, 1982
(European patent application)
Sidey 2 118 720A Nov. 2, 1983
(UK patent application)
Kosugi 58-194148 Nov. 12, 1983
(Japanese patent application)
Tokunaga 60-179522 Sept. 13, 1985
(Japanese patent application)
Claims 2 through 6 and 20 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Malissin in view of Watanabe and either Kosugi or Christiaens.
1 Copies of the translations of the French patent application and the Japanese patent
applications are attached.
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