Appeal No. 2000-1743
Application No. 09/314,618
Claim 3 adds the limitation that the hydraulic circuitry
includes means for urging the 1-2 shift valve into an
upshifted position, and that the method includes
applying said fluid pressure to said predetermined
end of said 1 - 2 shift valve sufficient to overcome
said means for urging said 1 - 2 shift valve into
said upshifted position to maintain said 1 - 2 shift
valve in said downshifted position when said gear
selector is in said first gear position.
In the examiner's view (final rejection, page 5), Bouda
discloses an automotive transmission that includes a manual
valve (61) coupled to a gear selector and operatively
associated with a 1-2 shift valve (63), "wherein a fluid flow
path/passageway (102, 102a) is provided from the manual valve
to a predetermined end (i.e., right-hand end in the drawings)
of the 1-2 shift valve for applying a fluid pressure thereto
sufficient to maintain . . . the 1-2 shift valve in a
downshifted position (i.e., "1st FIX") without regard to
vehicle speed when the gear selector is in a first gear
position (1-range)." As for the means for urging the 1-2
shift valve into an upshifted position as set forth in claim
3, the examiner indicates that when the gear selector of Bouda
is in the first gear position "the fluid pressure overcomes a
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