Ex parte WAGNER et al. - Page 9




                 Appeal No. 2000-1475                                                                                     Page 9                        
                 Application No. 08/844,016                                                                                                             


                          We have reviewed the disclosure of Rivard and the                                                                             
                 examiner's comments thereabout  but are unable to see how3                                                                                
                 claims 1 to 4 and 11 to 13 are anticipated by Rivard.                                                                                  
                 Specifically, we fail to find disclosure in Rivard of the                                                                              
                 following limitations:                                                                                                                 
                 (1) "determining a correction value based on at least one                                                                              
                 parameter of the status and the system, determining a driver's                                                                         
                 wish value based on the measured inlet pressure P  and the                                                                             
                                                                                                         vor                                            
                 correction value, and controlling said regulating means in                                                                             
                 accordance with said driver's wish value" as recited in                                                                                
                 independent claim 1;                                                                                                                   
                 (2) "determines a correction value based of a least one of                                                                             
                 this status and system parameters, corrects the measured                                                                               
                 pressure value according to the correction value" as recited                                                                           
                 in independent claim 11;                                                                                                               
                 (3) "determining a correction value (P) based on said status,                                                                          
                 determining a driver's wish value (Pdriver) based on the                                                                               
                 measured inlet pressure P  and the correction value, and                                                                               
                                                              vor                                                                                       




                          3See pages 3-5 of this decision.                                                                                              







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