Appeal No. 1999-1058 Page 8
Application No. 08/832,960
(18) is activated by connecting the working chamber (33) of
unit (18) with atmospheric pressure. This brings the braking
force of wheel brakes (11-14) to a value as high as possible
at as early as possible an instant in the course of braking,
and limits the value, if necessary along with the action of
the ABS (29), to ensure the dynamically stable deceleration of
the vehicle. See, Figure 1 and column 8, lines 20-37).
The examiner describes Yoshino as disclosing an
independent control mode in which any non-skidding wheel would
be controlled by the pressure coming from the master cylinder
(Paper No. 16, page 3). As far as Steiner is concerned, the
examiner considers Steiner to show an ABS having a traction
control system “of the type claimed” (id. at 4). It is the
examiner’s position that it would have been obvious “to have1
actuated the automatic braking independently of the manual
Page 3 of the answer directs our attention to the discussion of the1
ground of rejection at paragraph 3 in Paper No. 22 and paragraphs 4 and 7 in
Paper No. 16. We remind the examiner that an answer should not refer, either
directly or indirectly, to more than one prior Office action. Thus, only those
statements of grounds of rejection appearing in a single prior action may be
incorporated by reference. See Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
§ 1208 (7th ed., Jul. 1998).
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