Appeal No. 2001-0089
Application 08/975,469
specification further sets forth (page 5) that the plastic
sheath 18 extends axially, originating from the fuel inlet
connecting piece 1, and forms radially extending side surfaces
of the annular groove 25 which is provided on the
circumference of the inlet-side end 44 of the fuel inlet
connecting piece 1. The groove base of the annular groove is
specified as being formed by the circumference of the fuel
inlet connecting piece 1. As recited in the original
specification (page 5), “[t]he plastic sheath 18 engages into
a retaining groove 46 at the inlet-side end 44 of the fuel
inlet connecting piece 1.”
Independent method claims 7 and 16 each respectively
require, inter alia, the step of forming an annular plastic
ring in a retaining groove5 in an inlet end of an
electromagnetic valve. We understand this step to require
5 The term “annular plastic ring”, which ring is formed in
the retaining groove as claimed, is nomenclature which does
not appear in the original specification. As indicated above,
the original specification sets forth that the “plastic sheath
18" engages into the retaining groove 46.
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