Appeal No. 2001-2088
Application No. 09/121,177
geometric relationship;
operate said moving means and the positioning means such
that said tracking arm and the positioning arm synchronously are
maintained in said geometric relationship;
operate said position determining means to measure the
position of said tracking arm and therefrom infer the positions
of the positioning arm and the read/write head inside the disk
drive assembly; and
direct the disk drive assembly to position and maintain the
read/write head as desired for servo track writing in the media.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Tsai 5,315,372 May 24, 1994
Claims 1-6, 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
unpatenable over Tsai.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
At the outset, we note that the prior art reference applied
against the instant claims is a patent issued to appellant. The
instant invention is said to be an improvement over that patent
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