Appeal 2006-3366
Application 10/864,041
(d) said stator windings encircling said stator cores and said
dynamoelectric machine having a slot per phase per pole ratio
that ranges from about 0.25 to 4.0.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Tsuya 4,265,682 May 05, 1981
Sibata 5,220,228 Jun. 15, 1993
Lutz 5,691,588 Nov. 25, 1997
Fan US 6,188,159 B1 Feb. 13, 2001
DeCristofaro US 6,462,456 B1 Oct. 08, 2002
Caamano US 6,603,237 B1 Aug. 5, 2003
Maslov US 6,617,746 B1 Sep. 09, 2003
J. R. Hendershot et al., Design of Brushless Permanent-Magnet Motors, pp.
3-1, 3-6 through 3-11, 3-13, 3-27, 4-26 through 4-29, (Clarendon Press,
1994).
REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 4, 8, 9, 12-14, 17, and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fan, in further view of DeCristofaro and
Hendershot. Claims 2 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Fan and Hendershot and DeCristofaro, in further
view of Lutz. Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Fan, Hendershot and DeCristofaro in further view of
Sibata. Claims 6, 14, 18, and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Fan, Hendershot, and DeCristofaro, in further view
of Maslov. Claim 10 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Fan, Hendershot, and DeCristofaro, in further view of
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