Ex parte SMITH et al. - Page 1




                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                
                The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)                                                                
                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                               
                                                                                           Paper No. 19                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                  Ex parte JAMES C. SMITH and DARWIN A. BECKER                                                                
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-1149                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/237,5371                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before ABRAMS, STAAB and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                              
                ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally                                                          
                rejecting claims 1-8, which constitute all of the claims of                                                                   
                record in the application.                                                                                                    
                         The appellants’ invention is directed to a method (claims                                                            
                1-4) and an apparatus (claims 5-8) of determining a desired                                                                   
                pressure across fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine.                                                              

                         1Application for patent filed May 3, 1994.                                                                           
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