Appeal No. 1997-4188
Application No. 08/373,528
7, 10 through 15, and 28 under rejection, with claims 21 through
25, and 27 being allowed.
Appellants’ invention pertains to a fuel tank, fuel pump
arrangement for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine.
A basic understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claims 1 and 15, copies of which appear in
the APPENDIX to the substitute brief (Paper No. 30).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:1
Fedelem et al 4,790,185 Dec. 13, 1988
(Fedelem)
Weaver 4,651,701 Mar. 24, 1987
Yamamoto 61-104289 Jul. 2, 1986
(Japan)
Sato 63-029676 Jan. 20, 1982
(Japan)
The following rejection is before us for review.
1 Our understanding of the two listed Japanese documents is
derived from a reading of translations thereof prepared for the
United States Patent and Trademark Office. Copies of the
respective translations are appended to this opinion.
2
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