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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TADASHI TAKANO
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Appeal No. 2002-0816
Application No. 09/442,895
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HEARD: February 13, 2003
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Before BARRETT, FLEMING, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner's final rejection of claims 1-3 and 5-17 1, which are all
of the claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to a rotary position sensor
for a brushless DC motor (specification, page 2). An
1 In response to an amendment (Paper No. 10, filed May 7, 2001)
submitted subsequent to the final rejection, the examiner (Paper No. 11,
mailed July 27, 2001) stated that the amendment would be entered for purposes
of appeal. However, the amendment has not been physically entered into the
record. We consider this to be a formalilty that can be addressed by the
examiner subsequent to the appeal.
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