Appeal No. 1997-0736
Application No. 08/384,916
conclusion of obviousness. The combined Torigai and Ito
teachings fail to provide a suggestion for a common actuator
actuating both of first and second exhaust control valves in
respective cylinder banks of a V-type engine. Accordingly,
this rejection of claim 5 must be reversed.
We reverse the rejection of claim 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Tanaka in view of Ito and
Takahashi.
Dependent claim 9 incorporates the subject matter of
claims 1, 7, and 8. Simply stated, the addition of the
Takahashi disclosure does not overcome the noted deficiency of
the combined teachings of Tanaka and Ito as regards the
content of claim 1. Therefore, the rejection of claim 9 must
be reversed.
We reverse the rejection of claims 10, 11, 15, and 16
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tanaka in
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