Appeal No. 1999-2097 Page 2
Application No. 08/621,988
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a method for producing a stator of an alternating
current dynamo-electric machine. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the appellants’ Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Barrett 3,802,066 Apr. 9, 1974
Licata et al. (Licata) 4,365,180 Dec. 21, 1982
Huang et al. (Huang) 5,592,731 Jan. 14, 1997
(filed Oct 21, 1994)
1
Japanese Patent Publication 52-34301 Mar. 16, 1977
Claims 1-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the
Japanese reference in view of Huang and Barrett.
Claims 10-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the
Japanese reference in view of Huang, Barrett and Licata.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer (Paper
No. 14) and the final rejection (Paper No. 11) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the Brief (Paper No. 13) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 15)
for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
1PTO translation enclosed.
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