Appeal No. 2005-2437
Application No. 09/682,642
machinery and electrical equipment (col. 1, lines 5-11) would
have fairly suggested, to one of ordinary skill in the art, using
Kakuda’s brush structure in Nagashima’s motor because Nagashima’s
starter for internal combustion engines (col. 1, lines 4-5) falls
within the scope of Kakuda’s general industrial machinery and
electrical equipment.
Accordingly, we affirm the rejection of claims 23 and
claims 24-29 that stand or fall therewith.
Claim 30
The appellant argues that Isozumi does not disclose a
reinforced plate affixed directly to an engine body (brief,
page 6).
The appellant’s claim 30, which depends from claim 19,
requires that the machine comprises a starter motor for starting
an internal combustion engine and that the another shaft is a
shaft associated with the engine. The claim does not require a
reinforced end plate affixed directly to an engine body.
Nagashima’s starter is for an internal combustion engine (col. 1,
lines 4-5), so the shaft that corresponds to the appellant’s
another shaft is associated with an internal combustion engine.
We therefore affirm the rejection of claim 30.
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