Appeal 2007-0683
Application 10/121,772
Appellants’ disclosed invention relates to an actuator assembly for a
disc drive in which first and second actuator arm assemblies project from the
actuator assembly body portion. Each of the actuator arm assemblies has a
distal end with a different mechanically configured mounting portion to
which first and second flexure assemblies are mounted. The differing
mechanical configurations are selected to provide the flexure arm assemblies
with different mechanical resonance characteristics. (Specification 3).
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and it reads as follows:
1. An actuator assembly, comprising:
a body portion;
first and second actuator arm assemblies depending at proximal ends
thereof from the body portion and defining mounting portions at distal ends
thereof, the actuator arm assemblies substantially identical except for
different mechanically configured mounting portions; and
first and second substantially identical flexure assemblies attached to
the mounting portions.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Nakanishi US 5,014,142 May 7, 1991
Kaneko US 5,956,210 Sep. 21, 1999
Claims 1, 4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 19, and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Nakanishi. Claims 2-5, 11, 14-18, 21, and
22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As evidence of obviousness, the
Examiner offers Nakanishi alone with respect to claims 4, 5, 8, 17, 18, and
22, and adds Kaneko to Nakanishi with respect to claims 2, 3, 11, 14-16, and
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