Appeal No. 2003-0065
Application 09/491,284
OPINION
Grouping of claims
Appellants designate the following grouping of claims
according to the rejection (Br6):
Ancipation - Furuoka
Claim 10
Anticipation - Brezoczky
Claims 1, 2, 10-12, 26, 31, and 33-39
Claims 17 and 18
Obviousness - Brezoczky
Claims 13 and 19
Obviousness - Brezoczky and Fukuoka
Claim 3
Claim 4
Claims 14 and 15
Claim 16
Claims 20 and 21
Claim 22
Claims 23 and 24
Claim 25
Claim 32
Obviousness - Brezoczky and Kubo
Claim 27
Obviousness - Brezoczky, Kubo, and Fukuoka
Claims 28 and 29
Obviousness - Brezoczky, Kubo, and Saitoh
Claim 30
Anticipation - Fukuoka
Claim 10
The examiner finds that Fukuoka, Fig. 7, shows a slider 1
with a transducer 4 and a pad comprising the U-shaped bottom
planar surface of the slider (EA3).
Appellants argue that Fukuoka fails to teach a slider that
includes a pad, and fails to teach a slider in which the leading
edge is narrower than the trailing edge (Br7). It is argued that
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