Appeal No. 2002-0011 Page 2
Application No. 09/179,643
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a rotary internal combustion engine. A copy
of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Ingraham 1,184,650 May 23, 1916
Harris et al. (Harris) 1,268,794 June 4, 1918
Faulman 1,845,834 Feb. 16, 1932
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Faulman in view of Harris.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Faulman in view of Harris and Ingraham .
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 11, mailed November 15, 2000) and the answer (Paper No. 19,
mailed July 10, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
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