Appeal 2007-1281
Application 10/104,386
1 STATEMENT OF THE CASE
2 Appellant appeals under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from a Final Rejection
3 of claim 1 entered November 2, 2005. We have jurisdiction under
4 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
5 Appellant invented a reverse type of HGA (head gimbal assembly) by
6 means of a new type of FPC (flex print cable) design. (Specification 3:26-
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8 The appeal contains only one claim, claim 1. Claim 1 is reproduced
9 below:
10 1. A reverse type of HGA comprising a suspension, a flexure, a
11 modified FPC (or flex cable) and a slider, some traces with related bond
12 pads on an FPC used as signal lines, and some bump pads on said slider used
13 as slider MR element terminals;
14 wherein a bonding area of the slider of the reverse type of HGA
15 is provided on the opposite side of trace connections for the traces.
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17 The Examiner entered a Final Rejection on November 2, 2005 with
18 the following rejection which is before us for review:
19 Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by
20 Zeng.
21 Appellant appealed from the Final Rejection and filed an Appeal Brief
22 (Br.) on June 2, 2006. The Examiner mailed an Examiner’s Answer
23 (Answer) on August 22, 2006. Appellant filed a Reply Brief (Reply Br.) on
24 October 23, 2006.
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