Appeal No. 2000-0201
Application No. 08/691,330
a comparison of a value (Fpossible) indicating a maximum possible
braking force with a value
(Factual) indicating an actual braking force. Independent claim
4 recites, inter alia, a comparative display providing an
indication to a driver of the actual braking force and the
(maximum) possible 2 braking force.
It is quite apparent to us that both the examiner and
appellants appreciate the recitation of a maximum possible
braking force, as disclosed and claimed, to denote a variable
force in the active state of a braking system.
With this in mind, we recognize, as did apparently both
the examiner and appellant, that the patent to Yoshino is
directed to an electronic brake pedal adjustment apparatus
wherein a display 4 (Fig. 2) portrays an actual brake fluid
2 Claim 4, lines 4, 5 expressly specify a maximum possible braking
force, while line 8 sets forth the possible braking force. Since the latter
phrase recites the possible braking force, it is clear that the antecedent
basis for this recitation is the earlier recitation of a maximum possible
braking force. During any further prosecution before the examiner, it would
appear to be appropriate that line 8 be amended so that the recitation therein
is consistent with its antecedent basis.
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