Ex parte BUCHI et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2001-2193                                       Page 2           
          Application No. 09/152,515                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to a liquid fuel                     
          pressure atomizing nozzle.  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:                              
          Squire et al.            478,295                       July  5,             
          1892                                                                        
          (Squire)                                                                    
          Forney                   1,887,407                     Nov.  8,             
          1932                                                                        
          Gebhardt et al.          3,401,883                     Sep. 17,             
          1968                                                                        
          (Gebhardt)                                                                  
          Akimoto et al.                5,603,456                     Feb.            
          18, 1997                                                                    
          (Akimoto)                                                                   



               Claims 1, 2, 4 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                   
          § 102(b) as being anticipated by Forney.                                    


               Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                 
          unpatentable over Forney and Squire.                                        










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