Appeal No. 1997-4445
Application 08/305,076
beginning from application of said step signal, (i) to
increase the exciting current to a first predetermined
value during a first exciting time period,
(ii) subsequently to reduce the exciting current to a
second predetermined value during a second exciting time
period and (iii) further to decrease the exciting current
to zero during a third exciting time period.
The Examiner relies on the admitted prior art (APA) in
Figures 1-4, and the specification at pages 1-4 and 6-10.
Claims 6-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by the APA.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 7), the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 14) (pages referred to as
"EA__"), and the Supplemental Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 18)
for a statement of the Examiner's position and to the Appeal
Brief (Paper No. 13) (pages referred to as "Br__") and the
Reply Brief (Paper No. 17) for Appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
Claim interpretation
The claims require interpretation. "[T]he name of the
game is the claim." In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369,
47 USPQ2d 1523, 1529 (Fed. Cir. 1998).
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