Appeal No. 2001-0305 Page 3
Application No. 09/077,356
Claims 9-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Ament in view of the Soviet patent.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 12) for
the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection
and to the brief (Paper No. 11) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
Ament discloses a fuel injection valve comprising an
armature 82 and a needle valve 42 including a metal valve tip
90 (the valve closing element) and a compliant plastic shank
(...continued)1
submitted with appellant's brief as Appendix B.
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