Appeal No. 2001-1186
Application No. 08/819,609
measuring said at least three parameters during
operation of the vehicle, and
inputting said at least three parameters into said
algorithm in said processor means such that said algorithm
provides the volume of fuel in the tank.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
G. I. Cohn et al. (G. I. Cohn) 3,447,374 Jun. 03, 1969
I. H. Cohn et al. (I. H. Cohn) 3,523,186 Aug. 04, 1970
Ellinger et al. (Ellinger) 4,815,323 Mar. 28, 1989
Grills et al. (Grills) 5,133,212 Jul. 28, 1992
Zfira 5,157,968 Oct. 27, 1992
Breed 5,809,437 Sep. 15, 1998
(filed Jun. 07, 1995)
Johnson 5,939,634 Aug. 17, 1999
(effectively filed Mar. 10, 1995)
Claims 1-20 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
With respect to claims 1-7, 9, 10, and 14, the Examiner, as
evidence of obviousness, offers Grills in view of I. H. Cohn and
G. I. Cohn. To this basic combination, the Examiner separately
adds Ellinger with respect to claims 11 and 15, and separately
adds Zfira with respect to claim 8. With respect to claims 16,
19, and 20, the Examiner offers Grills in view of Breed and G. I.
Cohn, and adds Johnson to this basic combination with respect to
claims 12, 13, 17, and 18.
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