Appeal No. 2005-0460
Application No. 09/775,881
finned heat sink material, or that the heat dissipation can be
improved by adding fins to the cover 60 of Chang made from a heat
absorbable material. Manifestly, both Wyler and Ende evidence
that it was known in the art to use finned heat sinks to remove
heat from the housing of hard disk drives.
We will also sustain the examiner's § 103 rejection of
claims 9-12 over Chang in view of Wyler and Lin for the reasons
set forth above in conjunction with our agreement with the
examiner that Lin evidences the obviousness of including an air
filter on the face of the carrier.
We note that appellant bases no argument upon objective
evidence of nonobviousness, such as unexpected results.
This application is remanded to the examiner to consider a
§ 103 rejection of claims 1-6 and 13-18 over the combined
teachings of Chang, Wyler, Ende and Lin in view of the reasoning
set forth in this opinion.
In conclusion, the examiner's § 102 rejection of claims 1,
2, 5, 6, 13, 14, 17 and 18 is reversed, as is the examiner's
§ 103 rejection of claims 3, 4, 15 and 16. The examiner's § 103
rejections of claims 7, 8 and 9-12 are affirmed. Accordingly,
the examiner's rejection of the appealed claims is affirmed-in-
part. Also, the application is remanded to the examiner for
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