Appeal No. 2003-0273 Page 2
Application No. 09/863,664
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a method of assembling a disk drive
suspension for supporting a slider and a microchip. An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which has been reproduced below.
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Goss 6,014,289 Jan. 11, 2000
(filed Mar. 22, 1994)
Claims 23 and 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated
by Goss.
Claim 24-32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Goss.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer
(Paper No. 8) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to
the Brief (Paper No. 7) for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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