Appeal No. 2002-0344
Application No. 09/114,584
(a) turning on power to the data storage unit;
(b) executing a start operation for the storage unit, comprising (i)
executing internal diagnostic program, (ii) rotating the spindle motor and
(iii) reading microcode and stored tension data for the flexible cable;
(c) executing any unexecuted access command from the
computer; and
(d) executing generation of corrected tension data for the
flexible cable, following step (c).
The examiner relies on the following references:
Bertschy et al. (Bertschy) 4,589,036 May 13, 1986
Blackborow et al. (Blackborow) 5,065,262 Nov. 12, 1991
In addition, the examiner relies on appellants’ admitted prior art (APA), as
represented by pages 1-5 of the specification and Figures 1 and 2.
Claims 1-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as unpatentable over APA,
Bertschy and Blackborow.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the respective positions of
appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
In accordance with the grouping of claims at page 4 of the principal brief, all
claims will stand or fall together. Therefore, we will focus on instant claim 1.
The examiner maintains that APA, in Figure 1, teaches a magnetic rotary disk
drive 10 with an actuator arm 14, a flexible cable 16, a transducer 12 and a suspension
2
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