Appeal No. 97-0210
Application No. 08/157,050
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 11 through 24, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
The appellant's invention relates to a pole-changing
asynchronous fan motor with a continuously adjustable speed of
rotation. Claim 11 is illustrative of the claimed invention,
and it reads as follows:
11. A device comprising:
a) a pole-changing asynchronous motor for driving a fan; and
b) a regulating device coupled with said motor and adapted
to continuously adjust a speed of rotation of said motor,
within a predetermined speed range by decreasing a
voltage supplied to said motor.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Demeter et al. (Demeter) 4,928,051 May 22, 1990
Viandon FR 2,607,187 May 27, 1988
(French patent application)
Claims 11 through 21, 23, and 24 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as omitting essential
elements or steps.
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