Ex Parte Tanaka et al - Page 1




                                      THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                
                            The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for                    
                                publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                       
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                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                         
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                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                          
                                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                                Ex parte TOSHINORI TANAKA, KYOUHEI YAMAMOTO,                                                      
                                           AKIHIRO DAIKOKU, AKIHIKO IMAGI,                                                        
                                   YOSHIO YOSHIKUWA and MITSUYUKI TSUMURA                                                         
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                                                    Appeal No. 2003-1188                                                          
                                                    Application 09/987,374                                                        
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                                                 HEARD: 20 November 2003                                                          
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               Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                         
               JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                          
                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                             
                      This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s                                  
               rejection of claims 1-5.  Claims 6-10 stand withdrawn from consideration by the                                    
               examiner as the result of a restriction requirement.                                                               
                      The disclosed invention pertains to an armature for a dynamo-electric machine                               
               that prevents the occurrence of unbalanced currents flowing through brushes which                                  
               supply an electric current to coils of the armature.                                                               


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