Appeal No. 1997-1337
Application 08/467,000
Representative claim 16 is reproduced below:
16. A method of controlling an on-vehicle electric
opening/closing body driven by a motor comprising the steps
of:
detecting a variation in a load current of said motor
over a predetermined period of time;
establishing at least one threshold value based on an
actual voltage being applied to said motor; and
determining an overload state of said motor based on a
comparison of said variation in said load current and said
threshold.
The following reference is relied on by the examiner:
Washeleski et al. (Washeleski) 5,334,876 Aug. 2,
1994
(filed April 22, 1992)
Claims 2, 4 through 7, 10 and 16 through 22 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness,
the examiner relies upon Washeleski alone.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and the
examiner, reference is made to the briefs and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
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