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                 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.

                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                             
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                              
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                                                     Ex parte Richard F. Post                                                      
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                                                      Appeal No. 2005-2042                                                         
                                                   Application No. 09/946,298                                                      
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                                                            ON BRIEF                                                               
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               Before HAIRSTON, BARRY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                              
               BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                 


                       A patent examiner rejected claims 11 and 12.1  The appellant appeals therefrom                              
               under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a).  We affirm-in-part.                                                                       


                                                       I. BACKGROUND                                                               
                       The invention at issue on appeal concerns bearings used to support and stabilize                            
               a rotor.  An armature and a field winding are the primary elements of motors.  In low                               
               power applications, the armature is the rotor part of the motor, while the field winding is                         


                       1In contrast to claims 11 and 12, the examiner explains, "Claims 13, 14, 15 and                             
               16 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be                                      
               allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim                       
               and any intervening claims."  (Examiner's Answer at  6.)                                                            





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