Appeal No. 1998-3072 Page 7
Application No. 08/769,610
illustrate these sections within the pulses. The commutation
of the motor coils is further controlled at these points by
reducing the current as is common within motor commutation.
Figure 6 within Plunkett illustrates the actual pulse shapes
within the coils ...." (Examiner's Answer at 8.) He adds,
"[t]he hall effect detectors within Ohi and Plunkett clearly
operate the commutation based on these 'detected' pulses
within the motor coils." (Id. at 8.)
Claims 1-5, 7-14, and 76 specify in pertinent part the
following limitations: "said control circuit determining
periods of reduced magnetic coupling between the rotor and
stator during the cycle of applied power and inhibiting the
supply of power to said at least one winding during the
determined periods of reduced magnetic coupling ...."
Similarly, claims 23-25, 33, and 34 specify in pertinent part
the following limitations: "the control circuit to determine
periods of lower rotational torque during the cycle of applied
power ... and for inhibiting the supply of power to the at
least one winding during the determined periods of lower
rotational torque ...." Similarly, claim 75 specifies in
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