Appeal 2007-2256
Application 10/903,064
are mostly oriented vertically, and a protective film (Abstract; Fig.
5; ¶¶ [0007], [0016], [0027], [0028], [0036], and [0112]);
(4) Shimizu teaches that the soft magnetic undercoat film is provided
for causing the perpendicular magnetic film to be magnetized in a
direction perpendicular to the substrate (¶ [0055]), that the
orientation-regulating film is provided for regulating the crystal
orientation and crystal grain size of the perpendicular magnetic
film (¶¶ [0098] and [0099]), and, in one embodiment, an
orientation-regulating undercoat film is provided between the soft
magnetic undercoat film and the orientation-regulating film (¶
[0177]);
(5) Shimizu teaches that the material for the orientation-regulating
undercoat film may be a material having a B2 structure, with
examples including AlRu and CoTi (¶¶ [0178], [0179], and
[0180]); and
(6) Shimizu teaches another embodiment where a longitudinal
undercoat film, with easy-magnetization axes oriented in a
longitudinal direction, is added between the substrate and the soft
magnetic undercoat film (¶ [0188]; Fig. 7).
Determination that a reference is from non-analogous art is two-fold;
first, we decide if the reference is within the field of Appellants’ endeavor; if
it is not, we proceed to determine whether the reference is reasonably
pertinent to the particular problem with which Appellants were involved.
See In re GPAC, 57 F.3d 1573, 1577, 35 USPQ2d 1116, 1120 (Fed. Cir.
1995). An express suggestion to substitute one equivalent for another need
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