Ex parte GOWAN et al. - Page 7




                 Appeal No. 2000-1481                                                                                     Page 7                        
                 Application No. 08/950,130                                                                                                             


                 claimed invention since the improvement clause of claim 1  is                                         2                                
                 not taught or suggested by Cook.                                                                                                       


                          For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the                                                                          
                 examiner to reject claim 1, and claim 2 dependent thereon,                                                                             
                 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                                                                     














                          2Claim 1 reads as follows:                                                                                                    
                                   In an antiskid control system for a multigain                                                                        
                          hydraulic brake system that includes a multigain antiskid                                                                     
                          hydraulic valve, an integral-based pressure bias                                                                              
                          modulation control algorithm for producing an antiskid                                                                        
                          control current for application to said multigain                                                                             
                          antiskid hydraulic valve, and a pressure bias modulation                                                                      
                          high step current that overrides the antiskid control                                                                         
                          current when the antiskid control current exceeds a                                                                           
                          pressure bias modulation threshold, the improvement                                                                           
                          comprising dual pressure bias modulation thresholds, one                                                                      
                          threshold being active at low wheelspeeds and the other                                                                       
                          being active at high wheelspeeds.                                                                                             







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