Appeal No. 1999-0861
Application No. 08/916,413
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A vibration motor which is drivable at different
frequencies and has a desired target speed, each
frequency causing the vibration motor to be driven at a
respective, corresponding speed and a respective,
corresponding torque, the vibration motor entering a
specific mode after being started and driven, the
vibration motor comprising:
a detection unit which detects when the
vibration motor enters the specific mode; and
a drive control unit which, when the vibration
motor is started, drives the vibration motor at the
frequency that causes the vibration motor to be driven at
approximately the maximum starting torque and, when the
detection unit detects that the vibration motor enters
the specific mode, drives the vibration motor at a
frequency that causes the vibration motor to be driven at
approximately the target speed.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Suganuma 5,477,099 Dec. 19,
1995
(effective filing date Feb. 11,
1991)
Claims 1, 2, 4 through 8 and 10 through 21 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Suganuma.
Claims 3 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Suganuma.
Reference is made to the briefs (paper numbers 28 and
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