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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TOBIAS GERLACH
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Appeal No. 2006-0871
Application No. 10/678,799
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and SAADAT, 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 1-3, 6, 7, 9-13 and 16-19,
which constitute all the claims pending in this application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method for determining
a frequency of current ripples contained in an armature current
signal of a commutated direct current (DC) motor.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for determining a frequency of current ripples
contained in an armature current signal of a commutated direct
current (DC) motor, the method comprising:
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