Appeal No. 98-0984
Application 08/428,561
(1) Claims 1 to 4, 13, 15 to 17 and 20, Voss in view of Ruff;2
(2) Claim 9, Voss in view of the Admitted Prior art;
(3) Claim 14, Voss in view of Shaw.
Rejection (1)
The basis of this rejection is stated by the exam-
iner on pages 2 to 3 of the final rejection (Paper No. 9) as
follows:
Voss discloses the invention substantially
as claimed. Voss discloses a refrigeration
system having a hermetically sealed vari-
able speed compressor with motor 72, power
switching circuit 46, electronic commutat-
ing circuit 44 and Hall effect position
sensing circuit 68 within the sealed com-
pressor housing wherein the refrigerant
circulating within the system is used to
cool the motor, electronic and power cir-
cuits. . . . Voss states that the position
sensing circuit can be located at any loca-
2In the final rejection the examiner rejected claims 15
and 16 as unpatentable over Voss in view of the Admitted Prior
Art, even though they were dependent on claim 1. We have
included them under rejection (1) since they were treated in
both the appellant's brief and the examiner's answer as having
been rejected as unpatentable over Voss in view of Ruff.
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