Appeal No. 97-1017
Application No. 08/391,421
The appellants’ invention is directed to an induction
control system for supplying a charge to an engine combustion
chamber. The claims on appeal have been reproduced in an
appendix to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Miyano et al. (Miyano) 4,664,076 May 12,
1987
Hashimoto et al. 5,119,784 Jun. 9, 1992
(Hashimoto)
Mitobe et al. (Mitobe) 5,273,014 Dec. 28,
1993
THE REJECTIONS
The following rejections stand under 35 U.S.C. § 103:
(1) Claims 1-7, 13-15 and 19-27 on the basis of Mitobe and
Miyano.
(2) Claims 28 and 29 on the basis of Mitobe and Hashimoto.
(3) Claims 30-37 on the basis of Mitobe, Hashimoto and
Miyano.2
2This is a new rejection presented for the first time in
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