Appeal No. 1999-1530 Page 2
Application No. 08/728,607
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a brake hydraulic
controller. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the
appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ohta et al. 5,634,695 June 3,
1997
(Ohta) (filed March 22, 1995)
Tsuzuki et al. 7-9970 3 Jan. 13,
1995
(Tsuzuki) (Japan)
Claims 1 to 3, 8 to 19 and 21 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ohta in view of
Tsuzuki.4
3In determining the teachings of Tsuzuki, we will rely on
the translation provided by the PTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellants' convenience.
4The examiner's rejection recites that this rejection
applies to claims 1-3 and 8-20. However, it is clear from the
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