Appeal No. 2002-2015 Page 2
Application No. 09/232,138
BACKGROUND
Appellant's invention relates to a hard disk drive having a
plurality of head disk assemblies. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 6,
which is reproduced as follows:
6. A hard disk drive, comprising:
a main control board; and
a plurality of head disk assemblies, each
electrically connected by connectors to said main
control board and each containing at least one
controller.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Bajorek et al. (Bajorek) 5,264,975 Nov. 23, 1993
Hatchett et al. (Hatchett) 5,422,767 Jun. 06, 1995
Claims 1-3, 6-11, 15, 16, 18, and 19 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Hatchett.
Claims 4, 5, 12, 13, 17 and 20 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Hatchett in view of
Bajorek.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellant regarding the above-noted rejections,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 20, mailed
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