Appeal No. 2002-0484
Application No. 09/274,617
corresponding fueling signals to the fuel system for selectively
supplying fuel to the engine. This system takes advantage of the
information already existing and available within the control
computer and thus does not require additional sensors or fuel
flow meters to compute the amount of fuel used.
The claims on appeal may be further understood with
reference to the appealed claims appended to appellants' brief.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness are:
Juhasz 4,067,061 Jan. 3, 1978
Ebaugh et al. (Ebaugh) 5,303,163 Apr. 12, 1994
Parupalli et al. (Parupalli) 5,642,284 Jun. 24, 1997
Jenkins et al. (Jenkins) 5,928,291 Jul. 27, 1999
(filed Mar. 27, 1997)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 13, 16 through 24 and 27 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Jenkins in view
of Juhasz.
Claims 11, 14, 15, 25 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Jenkins in view of Juhasz and
further in view of Parupalli.
Claims 11, 14, 15, 25 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Jenkins in view Juhasz and
further in view of Ebaugh.
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