Appeal No. 1999-0869
Application 08/644,608
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention is directed to a method for
measuring the lift of a valve needle using a laser. The
setpoint values for the lift of the valve needle correspond to
precisely known, specified volumes of media flow to be
delivered.
No prior art is relied on in the rejection.
The specification is objected to, and claims 1-13 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as failing to
provide an adequate written description of the invention and
failing to adequately teach how to make and/or use the
invention. The Examiner states that the specification shows
generation of laser light but fails to disclose a light
detector. Further, the Examiner states, it is not disclosed
how the detected radiation would be manipulated to determine
axial distance and "[a] person with ordinary skill in the art
would have to guess on the type of detector and the process of
manipulating the data in order to make and/or use the
invention" (Examiner's Answer, p. 4).
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 13) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 16) (referred to as "EA__") for a
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