Ex parte OBARA - Page 18




          Appeal No. 1997-1162                                                        
          Application 08/200,455                                                      

          races for the bearings can be either a separate piece secured               
          to the rotary member (figure 10) or formed as one piece with                
          the rotary member (figure 1).  Thus, Hishida provides a                     
          teaching that the sleeve and rotor of Fruge, for example, can               
          be made unitary.                                                            
                                     CONCLUSION                                       
               The rejections of claims 11-19 are reversed.                           
                                      REVERSED                                        







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