Appeal No. 2006-1402
Application No. 10/788,543
On page 1 of the specification, appellant’s invention is indicated as relating to
methods and apparatus for storing data, which methods and apparatus employ hard
disk data storage media which are enclosed within a cartridge shell. Page 3 of the
specification makes the point that “[t]he disk cartridge is a primary focus of the
instant invention, wherein the disk cartridge comprises a hard disk storage medium
which is operably supported within a cartridge shell.” The disk cartridge (110) is
best illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the application drawings. Of importance to
appellant is the further fact that the cartridge shell (111) of disk cartridge (110)
should adhere to a known cartridge form factor, such as a tape cartridge form
factor. As indicated in the paragraph bridging pages 1 and 2 of the specification,
[t]ape cartridges typically adhere to one of a plurality of accepted
cartridge form factors. By “cartridge form factor” I mean a
given set of standardized physical configurational and dimensional
criteria which apply to the design of cartridges. Various specific
data storage cartridge form factors have been developed, and
include cartridge form factors known by the designations of: DAT
(Digital Audio Tape); DDS (Digital Data Storage); DLT (Digital
Linear Tape); and LTO (Linear Tape Open) The adherence of
tape cartridges to a given known standard cartridge form factor
allows for wide spread interchangeability of tape cartridges which
adhere to a common form factor.
Independent claims 21 and 26 are representative of the subject matter on appeal
and a copy of those claims can be found in the “Claims Appendix” attached to
appellant’s brief.
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