Appeal No. 1998-0212 Page 13
Reissue Application No. 07/837,588
reissue application.” (Paper No. 23 at 4.) Although the
assertion is not wrong, it overlooks an error that is
correctable by reissue. Specifically, the error is ”that the
claims in the [’814 Application] claimed less than [the
appellant] had a right to claim because the claims had
unnecessary limitations.” (Prout Decl., 5/17/90, ¶ 5.) The
appellant sought to remove limitations from patented claims
that he deemed too narrow by filing an application for broader
claims 35-74 and 76 within two years of the ‘814 Patent’s
issuance.
Although of a different scope, claims 35-74 and 76 are
directed to the same subject matter as claims 1-34 of the ‘814
Patent. Specifically, claims 35-48 are directed to the
“method of cyclically controlling the supply of power to an
electric motor” of patented claim 13. Claims 49-59 are
directed to the “method of electronically cyclically
controlling the supply of power to an electric motor” of
patented claim 14. Claims 60-66 are directed to the
“electrical control means for cyclically controlling the
supply of electric power to an electric motor”
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