Appeal 2007-0633
Application 10/132,844
BACKGROUND
Appellant’s invention relates to a method of manufacturing a
suspension member for a disk drive using coining. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is
reproduced below.
1. A method of manufacturing a disk drive suspension member,
comprising:
forming said suspension member into a desired length and width
configuration with a nominal thickness dimension;
forming one or more pockets in a surface of said suspension member;
and
treating said one or more pockets to minimize pocket depth tolerances
and introduce hardness and strength into surface areas of said one or more
pockets.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Arya US 6,219,203 B1 Apr. 17, 2001
Fahey US 6,301,081 B1 Oct. 09, 2001
Aoyagi US 6,181,529 B1 Jan. 30, 2001
REJECTIONS
Claims 1-10 and 31-32 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Arya in view of Fahey. Aoyagi has been relied upon by
the Examiner to support the use of Official Notice.
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