Appeal No. 98-1050
Application No. 08/558,163
allowed.
The appellant's invention is directed to an internal
combustion engine having a plurality of poppet-type valves
with air springs associated with the valves to urge them to a
closed position. The claims on appeal have been reproduced in
an appendix to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Greene 4,612,826 Sep. 23, 1986
Simonyi et al. 4,823,647 Apr. 25, 1989
(Simonyi)
Kubis 4,915,598 Apr. 10, 1990
Umemoto et al. 5,233,950 Aug. 10, 1993
(Umemoto)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 2 and 4-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Umemoto in view of Kubis and
Simonyi.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
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