Appeal No. 1998-0647
Application 08/414,004
of the claims in the application.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A spindle apparatus comprising:
a rotary shaft;
magnetic bearing means for floatingly holding the rotary
shaft by magnetic forces; and
a combined motor and magnetic bearing device for
imparting a rotational torque to the rotary shaft and for
positionally controlling the rotary shaft by magnetic forces.
The following reference is relied upon by the examiner:
Kawashima 5,093,754 Mar.
3, 1992
Claims 1 through 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102
as being fully anticipated by Kawashima.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and the
examiner, reference is made to the briefs and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We reverse.
The key feature in dispute among each independent claims
1, 2 and 10 on appeal is the feature set forth as the last
2
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