Appeal No. 96-2202
Application 08/117,088
specified quantity greater than zero of magnetic flux of the
permanent magnet portion to penetrate thereinto.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Baermann 3,233,950 Feb. 8, 1966
Rosensweig 3,612,630 Oct. 12, 1971
Meeks 3,614,181 Oct. 19, 1971
Wasson 4,072,370 Feb. 7, 1978
Agarwala 5,126,317 June 30, 1992
McMichael et al. (McMichael) 5,177,387 Jan. 5, 1993
Hanami 57-97917 June 17, 19823
(Japanese patent application)
Claims 5 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Baermann or Hanami in view of McMichael.
Claims 8 though 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Rosensweig, Meeks or Wasson in view of
McMichael or Agarwala.
Reference is made to the brief and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will sustain the obviousness rejection of claims 5 through
7, and we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 8
through 10.
The examiner is of the opinion that:
3A copy of the translation for this Japanese patent
application is attached.
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