Appeal No. 2002-2039 Page 2
Application No. 09/258,712
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to fuel injectors having a multi-component
nozzle assembly with a dual guided needle valve member (specification, p. 1). A
substantially correct copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.1
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Ganser 4,826,080 May 2, 1989
Sturman 5,485,957 Jan. 23, 1996
Anderson et al. (Anderson) 5,697,342 Dec. 16, 1997
Moncelle 5,752,659 May 19, 1998
Claims 1 to 4, 6, 8 to 10, 21 to 24, 26 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Sturman.
1 Minor errors in the claims which we have noted are: (1) In claim 1, line 14, the word "blocked" is
used whereas claim 1, as presented in the last amendment uses the word "locked" (since "blocked" is the
correct terminology (see original claim 1) the appellants should amend claim 1 in any future prosecution);
(2) In claim 21, line 8, the word "rotating" should be "rotated;" (3) In claim 21, line 10, the second
occurrence of the word "bore" should be deleted; and (4) In claim 21, lines 10-11, the phrase "and having
a lower guide portion positioned in said upper guide bore," should be deleted since it repeats the subject
matter just claimed.
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