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          Appeal No. 2002-1464                                                        
          Application No. 09/213,710                                                  


          fuel injection system, and a component in a fuel injection                  
          system.  A basic understanding of the invention can be derived              
          from a reading of exemplary claims 1, 15, 24, and 33, respective            
          copies of which appear in “APPENDIX A” of the “RE-SUBMITTED”                
          brief (Paper No. 17).                                                       
               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the               
          documents listed below:                                                     
          Djordjevic          Re. 34,956               May  30, 1995                  
          Tsuchiya et al           4,426,162           Jan. 17, 1984                  
          (Tsuchiya)                                                                  
          Little                   5,673,618           Oct.  7, 1997                  
          Young                    5,773,734           Jun. 30, 1998                  

               The following rejections are before us for review.                     
               Claims 1, 2, 4 through 7, 11 through 14, and 24 through 32             
          stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable               
          over Djordjevic in view of Tsuchiya and Young.                              
               Claims 1, 8 through 10, and 33 through 41 stand rejected               
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Djordjevic              
          in view of Tsuchiya and Little.                                             
               Claims 15 through 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)           
          as being unpatentable over Djordjevic in view of Tsuchiya, Young,           
          and Little.                                                                 


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