Appeal No. 2002-0236
Application No. 08/911,494
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we have made the
determination that the examiner's rejections of the appealed
claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) will be sustained. Our reasons
for this determination follow.
In considering the examiner's rejection of claims 1 and 6
through 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) based on the combined
teachings of Katayama and Minagawa, we are in agreement with the
examiner that Katayama discloses an apparatus and method for
metering fuel in a motor vehicle and, more specifically, a motor
vehicle that includes a brake system and a fuel injection multi-
cylinder internal combustion engine (col. 2, lines 46-51).
Moreover, we agree with the examiner that the brake system
disclosed in Katayama constitutes a vehicle safety system that
modifies a braking effect on at least one vehicle wheel brake,
and that such vehicle safety system, upon detection of a safety
condition, generates a safety signal relating to safe operation
of the vehicle, and that such motor vehicle also includes a
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