The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HIROSHI MIYAZAWA, KINYA MATSUZAWA, NORIO ITO, YASUSHI SOYA, and KOICHI SAITO ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3279 Application No. 08/240,702 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the rejection of claims 21 and 28. We reverse. BACKGROUND The invention at issue in this appeal relates to brushless direct current (DC) motors. A typical brushless DCPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007