The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DIETER HOETZER and MARTIN EISENHARDT
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Appeal No. 2006-0448
Application No. 10/432,753
Technology Center 3600
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ON BRIEF
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Before GROSS, BAHR, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 9
through 20 and 23 through 25. Claims 1 through 8 have been canceled, and claims 21
and 22 have been objected to by the examiner.
Appellants’ invention relates to an electric machine coupled to an internal
combustion engine, wherein the machine switches from an optimal efficiency operating
state to a dynamically optimal operating state before operating procedures in the motor
vehicle require a rapid torque setting. Claim 9 is illustrative of the claimed invention,
and it reads as follows:
9. An electric machine coupled to an internal combustion engine in a motor
vehicle, comprising:
a control device for specifying at least one of an optimal efficiency operating state
and a dynamically optimal operating state for the electric machine; and
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