Ex parte LEWIS et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2001-0373                                        Page 2           
          Application No. 09/122,255                                                   


                                      BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to poppet valves in                   
          fuel supply systems (specification, p. 1).  A copy of the                    
          claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the                      
          appellants' brief.                                                           


               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                   
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                               
          Sorenson                 3,762,443                      Oct. 2,              
          1973                                                                         
          Harris                   4,580,760                      Apr. 8,              
          1986                                                                         



               Claims 1 to 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as                
          being anticipated by Harris.                                                 


               Claims 1 to 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as                
          being anticipated by Sorenson.                                               


               Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced               
          by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted                 
          rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper                  







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