Appeal No. 2001-1776
Application No. 08/881,948
Inoue (hereafter “Fujitsu”) 59-179784 Oct. 12, 1984
(published Japanese Unexamined Patent Application)2
Wegmann et al. (Wegmann) 2 173 217A Oct. 08, 1986
(published UK Patent Application)
Claims 9 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Fujitsu in view of Zejda (Answer, page 3).
Claims 10-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable
over Fujitsu in view of Zejda further in view of Inoue (Answer,
page 5). Claim 24 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Fujitsu in view of Zejda further in view of
Wegmann (Answer, page 6). We affirm all of the rejections on
appeal essentially for the reasons of record in the Answer and
those set forth below.
OPINION
The examiner finds that Fujitsu discloses a target having a
generally disk-shaped surface with two planar surfaces and a
cylindrical outer periphery, where the target has at least one
radially-inward step proximate the outer periphery, is
manufactured from a single material, and has holes provided in
proximity to the outer periphery to allow screws to attach the
target to the backing plate (Answer, page 3, citing Figure 2).
2We rely upon and cite from a full English translation of
this document, now made of record as translation no. 2002-1295
(copy attached to this decision).
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