Appeal No. 1999-2454 Page 3
Application No. 08/656,106
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an engine induction
system and more particularly to an improved fuel supply
arrangement for supplying the fuel to the injectors of a
multi-cylinder engine (specification, page 1). A copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellant's brief.
Claims 1, 2, 6 to 13 and 17 to 19 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for
failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the
subject matter which the appellant regards as the invention.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the second Office action
(Paper No. 6, mailed October 2, 1997) and the answer (Paper
No. 11, mailed January 12, 1999) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper
No. 10, filed September 22, 1998) and reply brief (Paper No.
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