Appeal No. 1997-4445
Application 08/305,076
Claim 6 recites "controlling said exciting current
supplying circuit, when the exciting current supplied to said
stepping motor is cut off at a termination of an enable
excitation time interval beginning from application of said
step signal [to perform function (i), (ii) and (iii) during
first, second, and third "exciting time periods,"
respectively]" (emphasis added). The "enable excitation time
interval" refers to the time interval when signal +STACT is
enabled. As noted at oral hearing, the underlined limitation
is intended to refer to the interval (see the modified copy of
Figure 6 on the next page) including a first time period 6(i)
and a second time period 6(ii) before the enable signal is
terminated and a third time period 6(iii) after the enable
signal is terminated (the exciting current is cut off).
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