Appeal No. 2001-1094
Application 09/237,578
the head slider 13 alone would not lead one of ordinary skill in
the art to conclude that a piezoelectric sensor would prove
beneficial if positioned on the slider’s front surface of the
head.
In conclusion, we find the references fail to disclose,
teach or suggest a piezoelectric transducer which projects
outwardly from the slider’s surrounding sidewall to produce an
electronic signal in response to the presence of an asperity
relative to the slider as recited in claims 1, 9, and 11. Since
claims 2-6 and 10 are dependent on independent claims 1, 9, and
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