Appeal No. 97-3717 Page 3
Application No. 08/397,163
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an
electromagnetically actuated valve. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 9,
which appears in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Longsworth 4,152,903 May 8,
1979
Kamiya et al. (Kamiya) 4,483,485 Nov. 20,
1984
Mesenich 4,798,329 Jan. 17,
1989
Morini et al. (Morini) 4,923,122 May 8,
1990
Hunt 4,946,107 Aug.
7, 1990
Terakado et al. (Terakado) 5,156,341 Oct. 20,
1992
Reference made of record by this panel of the Board is:
Newcomb 4,284,263 Aug. 18,
1981
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