Appeal No. 2000-1347
Application No. 08/740,283
layers 21, 23 disposed between each power supply ring and the
neighboring bushing/bearing assembly) have a height (L2) of
slightly more than 2 mm. Given the lack of any other relevant
teaching in Kogure’s specification, the examiner’s related
determination that Kogure meets the limitations in claim 1
relating to L1, L2 and L3 necessarily depends on the relative
dimensions shown in Kogure’s Figure 10. Kogure, however, does
not indicate that the drawings are to scale. Under this
circumstance, it is well established that patent drawings do
not define the precise proportions of
the elements shown therein and may not be relied on to show
particular sizes if the specification is completely silent on
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