Appeal No. 2003-0460
Application No. 09/783,428
by vertically spaced cylinders and vertically spaced fuel
injectors. Instead, Ozawa relates to a fuel delivery system for
what is understood to be a horizontally oriented V-type engine
which would not effect the air problem of concern to appellant.
In fact, the solution to the problem sought to be solved by Ozawa
has to do with insuring that fuel pressure does not vary from
cylinder to cylinder and/or from bank to bank so that all
cylinders will receive the fuel at the same pressure (column 1,
lines 51 through 54). In light of the above differences between
the applied references, it is our opinion that the Ozawa
disclosure, assessed with the Kato teaching, would not have
motivated one having ordinary skill in the art to modify the
outboard motor fuel injection system of Kato, as proposed by the
examiner. It is for this reason that the obviousness rejection
cannot be sustained.
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