Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Patent Trials and Appeals Board

Dec 10, 2020

2020001077 (P.T.A.B. Dec. 10, 2020)

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APPLICATION NO. FILING DATE FIRST NAMED INVENTOR ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO.
15/500,609 01/31/2017 Kazuchika TSUCHIDA 129D_113_TN 9464
23400 7590 12/10/2020
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EXAMINER
ANDREWS, MICHAEL
ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER
2834
NOTIFICATION DATE DELIVERY MODE
12/10/2020 ELECTRONIC
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
Ex parte KAZUCHIKA TSUCHIDA
Appeal 2020-001077
Application 15/500,609
Technology Center 2800
Before JEFFREY B. ROBERTSON, N. WHITNEY WILSON, and
MONTÉ T. SQUIRE, Administrative Patent Judges.
ROBERTSON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL1

1 This Decision includes citations to the following documents: Specification
filed January 31, 2017 (“Spec.”); Final Office Action mailed January 17,
2019 (“Final Act.”); Advisory Action mailed April 9, 2019 (“Adv. Act.”);
Appeal Brief filed July 26, 2019 (“Appeal Br.”); Examiner’s Answer mailed
September 27, 2019 (“Ans.”); and Reply Brief filed November 25, 2019
(“Reply Br.”).
Appeal 2020-001077
Application 15/500,609

2
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134(a), Appellant2 appeals from the
Examiner’s decision to reject claims 7–13. Appeal Br. 4. We have
jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
We reverse.
CLAIMED SUBJECT MATTER
Appellant states the invention relates to a motor of a compressor.
Spec. ¶ 1. Claim 7, reproduced below, is illustrative of the claimed subject
matter (Appeal Br., Claims Appendix 24):
7. A motor of a compressor comprising:
a stator core including a plurality of teeth and a plurality of slots
formed between the teeth, an aluminum winding wire being wound around
the teeth in a concentrated manner;
a rotor core disposed on an inner diameter side of the stator core and
including a plurality of magnet insertion holes; and
a plurality of ferrite magnets inserted into the magnet insertion holes,
wherein
when a width of a winding wire portion formed in each of the teeth is
represented as A, a length in an axis direction of the stator core is
represented as L, and the number of the slots is represented as S, the stator
core has a shape that satisfies a relation of 0.3