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                   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                                publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24                        
                                                                                                                       
                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                              Ex parte HARALD KLODE                                                     
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                                                Appeal No. 2001-1309                                                    
                                              Application No. 08/964,780                                                
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                          
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              Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and DIXON,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
              KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                       

                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       
                     This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 5-7 and 11-14.                     
                     The invention is concerned with programmable brushes for DC motors.  More                          
              particularly, in order to compensate for the normal wear, and subsequent out-of-                          
              balance of parts, which produce more vibration at high speeds, the invention causes a                     
              motor to decrease its speed as wear occurs.  This is accomplished by establishing                         
              three periods, initial, middle and final periods, for a motor lifetime.  Then motor brushes               



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