Appeal No. 2000-0650
Application No. 08/599,668
OPINION
The examiner finds that Saunders discloses a process for
coating magnet wire for use in hermetic motors with an
electrically insulating layer (Answer, page 4). The examiner
further finds that Saunders teaches a process step of applying,
by any conventional means, an external lubricant to the insulated
wire for purposes of power insertion (Answer, page 5). The
examiner additionally finds that the external lubricant of
Saunders “can be any conventionally used lubricant,” citing col.
2, l. 50-col. 3, l. 30, of Saunders (id.). The examiner
recognizes that Saunders fails to disclose or teach the amide
lubricants disclosed and claimed by appellants (e.g., see claim
15), and the process steps of winding and mounting the lubricant
coated insulated wire in a stator winding (id.).
The examiner applies appellants’ admission of prior art, as
disclosed in the specification, page 1, ll. 15-29, as evidence
that it was well known in the electrical cable art to use amide
compounds as conventional lubricants over insulating layers
around cables (wires) to reduce friction (id.). The examiner
applies Watanabe as further evidence that fatty acid amides or
esters were well known as lubricants with electrical insulating
layers around cables or wires (id.). The examiner also cites
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