Appeal No. 2002-0584
Application 08/321,028
above, would have suggested the determination of a desired
injection pressure based on desired engine torque as well as
engine speed, and hence would have rendered the subject matter
recited in claims 5, 15 and 23 obvious to one of ordinary skill
in the art.
Accordingly, we shall sustain the standing 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) rejection of claims 5, 15 and 23 as being unpatentable
over Weisman in view of Takeuchi.
VIII. Claims 7, 16 and 24
Claims 7, 16 and 24 depend ultimately from claims 1, 12 and
11, respectively, and pertain to the determination of a desired
acceleration mode, and the modification of the desired injection
pressure based on the desired acceleration mode. Takeuchi’s
disclosure of controlling injection pressure based on, among
other parameters, accelerator opening degree (see column 6, lines
52 through 68), considered within the context of the combined
teachings of Weisman and Takeuchi as applied above, would have
suggested this subject matter.
Therefore, we shall sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
rejection of claims 7, 16 and 24 as being unpatentable over
Weisman in view of Takeuchi.
IX. Claims 8, 17 and 25
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