Appeal No. 2002-0584
Application 08/321,028
VI. Claims 2 and 13
Claims 2 and 13 depend from independent claims 1 and 12,
respectively, and contain limitations similar to those in
independent claim 10 relating to the determination of valve
energizing time independently of angular measurements associated
with an engine crankshaft. For the reasons expressed above in
connection with claim 10, the combined teachings of Weisman and
Takeuchi would not have suggested this subject matter.
Accordingly, we shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) rejection of claims 2 and 13 as being unpatentable over
Weisman in view of Takeuchi.
VII. Claims 5, 15 and 23
Claims 5, 15 and 23 depend ultimately from independent
claims 1, 12 and 11, respectively, and pertain to the
determination of a desired injection pressure based on desired
engine torque and engine speed. As indicated above, Takeuchi
discloses the determination of a desired injection pressure based
on, among other parameters, engine speed. Given the importance
placed by Weisman on desired engine torque as an engine operating
parameter, the combined teachings of these references, applied as
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