THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TOSHINORI TANAKA, KYOUHEI YAMAMOTO, AKIHIRO DAIKOKU, AKIHIKO IMAGI, YOSHIO YOSHIKUWA and MITSUYUKI TSUMURA _____________ Appeal No. 2003-1188 Application 09/987,374 ______________ HEARD: 20 November 2003 _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-5. Claims 6-10 stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as the result of a restriction requirement. The disclosed invention pertains to an armature for a dynamo-electric machine that prevents the occurrence of unbalanced currents flowing through brushes which supply an electric current to coils of the armature. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007