The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ITSUKI BAHN __________ Appeal No. 1998-2601 Application 08/809,052 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-4, which constitute all the claims in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a polyphase reluctance motor. Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007