Appeal No. 96-3130
Application 08/225,653
only other claims remaining in the application, are allowable
subject to the requirement that they be rewritten to include all
the subject matter of the claims from which they depend.
We AFFIRM-IN-PART and, pursuant to our authority under the
provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b), enter a new rejection of claim
2.
The appellants invention pertains to a cylinder head for an
internal combustion engine. Independent claims 2, 11, 22 and 28
are further illustrative of the appealed subject matter and
copies thereof may be found in EXHIBIT A of the appellants'
brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Sperry 4,159,011 Jun. 26, 1979
Piatti 5,148,781 Sep. 22, 1992
Claim 2 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Piatti.
Claims 11, 22, 23, 26 and 28 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Piatti in view of Sperry.
The examiner's rejections are explained on pages 3-5 of the
answer. The arguments of the appellants and examiner in support
of their respective position may be found on pages 14-34 of the
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