Appeal No. 1997-3279 Page 4
Application No. 08/240,702
an electric current passed to the magnetic field
coil.
The references relied on in rejecting the claims follow:
Doemen 4,030,005 June 14, 1977
Fujitani et al. 4,891,567 Jan. 2, 1990
(Fujitani)
Suzuki 1 1-274655 Nov. 2, 1989
(Published Japanese Patent Application).
Claims 21 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Fujitani. Claims 21 and 28 also stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Suzuki in view of
Doemen. Rather than repeat the arguments of the appellants or
examiner in toto, we refer the reader to the brief and answer
for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we considered
the subject matter on appeal and the rejection advanced by
the examiner. Furthermore, we duly considered the arguments
1A copy of the translation prepared by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office is attached. We will refer to the
translation by page number in this opinion.
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