Appeal No. 2004-0723
Application No. 09/768,974
assembly (52) and a coil array (78) which is a generally D-shaped
loop. The coil array includes a first segment that is substan-
tially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the E-block, and
it is the first segment that moves the E-block relative to the
storage disk.
Appealed claims 1-30, 35 and 37-39 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Tohkairin.
Appellant separately groups the claims on appeal as follows:
(I) claims 13, 20, 23, 29 and 30;
(II) claims 24-28, 37 and 38;
(III) claim 35;
(IV) claim 39;
(V) claims 1-9, 11, 12, 14-19, 21 and 22; and
(VI) claim 10
Accordingly, the claims of groups (I), (II) and (V) stand or fall
together.
We have thoroughly reviewed the respective positions advanced
by appellant and the examiner. As a result, we will not sustain
the examiner's rejection of claims 1-9, 11, 12, 14-19, 21 and 22
(group (V) and claim 10 (group (VI)). We will, however, sustain
the examiner's rejection of claims 13, 20, 23, 29 and 30 (group
(I)); claims 24-28, 37 and 38 (group (II)); claim 35 (group (III))
and claim 39 (group (IV)).
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