Appeal No. 2002-1574 Page 4
Application No. 09/280,921
assigned to the brake circuit HZ2, and the second valve arrangement 118 is connected
to the reservoir 102, and a system determining a particular cylinder of the wheel brake
cylinders which exhibits a highest brake pressure. The system adjusts a particular
brake pressure of the particular cylinder in response to a driver-independent brake
actuation, the particular brake pressure being adjusted by driving the second valve
arrangement 118, and drives the first valve arrangements 120, 122 which are assigned
to a respective cylinder of the wheel brake cylinders, the first valve arrangements being
driven to adjust a further brake pressure of at least one remaining cylinder of the wheel
brake cylinders. See column 3, line 52 to column 6, line 58.
Appellants’ first two arguments in opposition to this rejection (Brief, pages 4-5)
are merely blanket statements repeating the language of the claims and arguing that
such “is not taught by the applied Jonner reference.” These arguments are not
persuasive in that they do not explain what limitations of the claim fail to “read on” the
Jonner reference.
Appellants next assert that Jonner “is directed to [a] method and apparatus for
controlling the brake system of a vehicle where it is determined when drive slip occurs
at at least one of the driven wheels and then initiating a slip control cycle in response to
the presence of the drive slip,” arguing that in the Jonner system the “slip control cycle
is not initiated if ‘the wheel slip does not exceed the predetermined limit value’ or ‘if the
slip of the wheel in question is within an acceptable range’” (Brief, page 5.) As to this
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