Appeal No. 2002-0584
Application 08/321,028
delivery from a fuel injector having an electronic control valve,
with the fuel injector being in communication with a fuel rail.
The claim further requires the computer readable storage medium
to comprise instructions for determining (1) a first desired
engine torque output, (2) engine speed, (3) a first quantity of
fuel to be delivered by the fuel injector based on the first
desired engine torque output and the engine speed, (4) fuel
pressure in the fuel rail and (5) a first amount of time for
energizing the control valve in order for the fuel injector to
deliver the first quantity of fuel based on the fuel pressure in
the fuel rail. For reasons essentially similar to those
expressed above in connection with claims 1 and 11, the combined
teachings of Weisman and Takeuchi, with focus on Weisman’s
disclosure of an electronic control unit comprising a
microprocessor and ROM containing instructions for executing
various control functions, would have suggested the computer
readable storage medium set forth in claim 12 to one of ordinary
skill in the art.
Consequently, we shall sustain the standing 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) rejection of claim 12 as being unpatentable over Weisman
in view of Takeuchi.
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