Appeal No. 95-3194 Application 08/020,232 a coil of foil wire disposed about each of said stator poles, said coils adapted to be connected to a control circuit for selectively passing electrical current therethrough so as to cause each of said coils to generate an electromagnetic field, said electromagnetic fields selectively attracting said rotor poles toward said stator poles so as to cause said rotor to rotate relative to said stator. The examiner relies on the following references: Finegold 4,446,393 May 01, 1984 Obradovic 4,777,419 Oct. 11, 1988 Newberg 4,972,113 Nov. 20, 1990 Shirakawa 4,982,125 Jan. 01, 1991 Konecny 5,015,939 May 14, 1991 Gaser et al. (Gaser) 5,041,749 Aug. 20, 1991 (filed Apr. 19, 1990) Sakurai et al. (Sakurai) 64-43044 Feb. 15, 1989 (Japanese Patent Application) The admitted prior art in the application. Claims 1 and 3-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The rejection of claims 1, 3, 4 and 7-15 is based on the teachings of Finegold in view of Obradovic, Konecny or the admitted prior art. The rejection of claims 5 and 6 is based on any of the above combinations and further in view of Newberg. The rejection of claims 16 and 17 is based on any of the combinations applied against claim 1 and further in view of the teachings of Shirakawa, Gaser or Sakurai. Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the respective details thereof. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007