Appeal No. 2002-2009
Application 09/843,631
is based upon the following teachings in the specification as
filed:
wherein the determination unit does not
require the movement of the head to a
substantially different vertical distance
to make the determination. [specification,
page 4, line 25 to page 5, line 2]
...
wherein the determination does not include
means for changing a current vertical
distance between the head and the disk
surface,... [specification, page 7, lines
4-6].
We are thus in agreement with appellants' observations made
at pages 8 and 9 of the brief which we reproduce here:
Thus, the specification makes abundantly
clear that in this embodiment the flying
height determination occurs while the head is
at a substantially constant flying height by
comparing a read signal resolution value,
responsive to a ratio of read signals from
the first and second data patterns, to a
predetermined threshold resolution value
stored in RAM. [Brief, bottom of page 8]
The specification does not somehow
require that the predetermined threshold
resolution value be flying height data
obtained from the disk drive at another
flying height, or be flying height data
obtained from the disk drive at a
predetermined flying height.
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