Appeal No. 2007-0067
Application No. 10/202,097
References
The references relied upon by the Examiner are:
Kawasaki 5,161,777 Nov. 10, 1992
Kawabe 6,427,971 Aug. 06, 2002
(Filed Dec. 17, 1999)
Rejections at Issue
Claims 1, 5, 6, and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by, or in the alternative under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (a) as being
unpatentable over Kawabe. The Examiner’s rejection is set forth on pages 3
through 5 of the Answer. Claims 2 through 4 and 7 through 9 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (a) as being unpatentable over Kawabe in view of
Kawasaki. The Examiner’s rejection is set forth on pages 5 and 6 of the
Answer. Throughout the opinion we make reference to the Briefs, and the
Answer for the respective details thereof.
Issues
Appellant contends that the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 5, 6 and
10 under either 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) and 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is in error.
Appellant asserts, on pages 4 through 7 of the Brief, and pages 4 through 6
of the Reply brief that Kawabe teaches a speed control device. Appellant
asserts that Kawabe does not teach a position control device which generates
a target position based upon an output of a position detecting device and
carries out a position learning operation after a temporary reference position
is reached.
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