Appeal 2007-2140
Application 09/892,790
Patent 5,917,679
the figures) of the wishbone structure having arcuate arms (legs 14d and
14e) and a cross rail (the portion of 14b that connects the legs). Each leg
includes a sidewall portion that adjoins or borders the longitudinal sides of
the slider body. The side wall portions terminate before reaching the rear
edge. The slider also includes a first and second front air bearing platforms
(side rails 12 and 13) each with a tapered surface portion (12a and 13a).
Also shown is a rear air bearing platform (14a) centered on the longitudinal
axis for mounting a transducer (16).
60. Reissue claims 21, 28-32, 39-41, and 52-60 are anticipated by
Murray II.
Murray I
61. Murray I describes at figure 10 that curved surfaces can be used
instead of straight segments to form arcuate arms.
Mo
62. Mo describes at figure 5 and the corresponding section of the
Specification (col. 4, ll. 3-15) a slider with a V-shaped cross rail 16A formed
of straight sidewall segments having an apex 16B. The cross rail is arcuate
or curved within the definition shown by Appellants’ specification. (See
Finding of Fact 3.)
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