Appeal No. 2002-1853 Page 2
Application No. 09/340,339
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a cylinder head arrangement for an internal
combustion engine. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which has been reproduced below.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Tsuchida (Tsuchida ‘038) 5,529,038 Jun. 25, 1996
Fujieda et al. (Fujieda) 5,666,916 Sep. 16, 1997
Tsuchida et al. (Tsuchida ‘638) 5,799,638 Sep. 1, 1998
Claims 1, 3-10 and 13-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Tsuchida ‘638 in view of Fujieda.
Claims 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Tsuchida ‘638 in view of Fujieda and Tsuchida ‘038.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer
(Paper No. 22) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and
to the Brief (Paper No. 21) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 23) for the appellants’ arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
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