Appeal No. 2002-2015 Page 16
Application No. 09/232,138
35 U.S.C. 102(b) as anticipated by Bajorek. Beginning with claim
6, Bajorek discloses a hard disk drive (col. 2, line 31)
comprising a main control board 51 (See figure 7 and col. 3,
lines 23-25) and a plurality of head disk assemblies 50 (col. 3,
lines 23 and 24). Each of the head disk assemblies is connected
by connectors (pins 44, col. 3, lines 17-22) to the main control
board 51, which connects the clustered drives to the system
through the edge connector 52 (col. 3, lines 26 and 27). Each of
the head disk assemblies contains at least one controller 40, 41
(col. 3, lines 6-8). Turning to claim 7, each head disk assembly
50 contains a plurality of disks for storing magnetized data and
a corresponding plurality of heads for reading and writing data
to and from the disks (col. 2, lines 38-40 and 58). With regard
to claim 8, Bajorek discloses that the electronic functions of
the disk drive are controlled by components 40 and 41 which are
mounted on base 10 which in turn is mounted on control board 51
(col. 3, lines 6-8).
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims
1-3, 6-11, 15, 16, 18, and 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is
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