Appeal No. 1997-4053
Application 08/548,714
PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner's refusal to
allow claims 1 through 3, 5, 6, 8 and 10 as amended after
final rejection. The other remaining claims in the applica-
tion, claims 4, 7, 9 and 11, are directed to allowable subject
matter and stand objected to.
The claimed subject matter is directed to fuel
injection for internal combustion engines. The fuel spray
from the fuel injector is directed to an electric heating
element in the cylinder head or intake pipe. The electric
heating element is in the form of a Peltier element which is
connected directly to the inner wall of the cylinder head or
intake pipe. A further understanding of the claimed subject
can be had by reference to the appealed claims appended to
appellants' brief.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner
as evidence of obviousness are:
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