Appeal No. 2006-1869
Application No. 10/396,814
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A magnetic recording medium which comprises at least a
magnetic layer and a protective layer comprising a hard
film containing carbon as a principal component in this
order on one surface of a non-magnetic support, and
comprises a back coating layer comprising a hard film
containing carbon as a principal component on the other
surface of said non-magnetic support, wherein a surface of
said back coating layer has a three-dimension center
surface roughness SRa in a range of 3 to 7 nm and a three-
dimension ten-point average roughness SRz in a range of 30
to 55 nm.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner
are:
Matsumura et al 5,908,684 June 1, 1999
(Matsumura)
Onodera et al (Onodera) 6,696,183 February 24, 2004
(Filing Date: Sept. 10, 2001)
Ochi et al (Ochi) 6,723,415 April 20, 20042
(Filing Date: Dec. 28, 2000)
All of the appealed claims stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a).
Matsumura has been applied by the examiner to
establish obviousness with regard to claims 1, 3-5, and 7.
Onodera has been applied along with Matsumura against
claim 2. Ochi has been applied along with Matsumura
against claim 6.
2 We note that the patent number of the Ochi reference is listed incorrectly on page 2 of the
examiner’s answer.
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