Appeal No. 97-0963 Page 3
Application No. 08/439,515
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a combustion engine of
the turbocompound type having an exhaust gas brake. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 6, which appears in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Woon et al. (Woon) 5,142,868 Sept. 1, 1992
Claims 6 through 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Woon.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 7,
mailed December 26, 1995) and the examiner's answer (Paper No.
17, mailed August 23, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to the appellants' brief (Paper
No. 16, filed July 26, 1996) for the appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
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