Appeal No. 2003-0400 Page 2
Application No. 09/272,772
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a piston pump for a brake system. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which appears in the appendix to the appellant's Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Schmidt et al.1 (Schmidt) WO 97/43152 Nov. 20, 1997
Volz et al.2 (Volz)(Offenlegungsschrift) 4102364 Jul. 30, 1992
Claims 1-14, 16-18 and 21-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Schmidt in view of Volz.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the Answer
(Paper No. 23) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection, and to
the Brief (Paper No. 22) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 25) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
1Our understanding of this German language reference was obtained from Schmidt et al. U.S.
Patent No. 6,079,796, filed Jun. 27, 2000, which was made of record by the examiner.
2Our understanding of this German language reference was obtained from a PTO translation, a
copy of which is enclosed.
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