The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ALAN MARK SCHILOWITZ,
DAVID JOHN RICKEARD,
JOHN RICHARD BATEMAN and NICHOLAS MANN
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Appeal No. 2005-1407
Application No. 09/978,510
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, TIMM, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 and 12. These are all of the claims
remaining in the application.
THE INVENTION
Appellants claim a method of using lower density fuels to
reduce emissions in high pressure common rail fuel injected
diesel engines without experiencing a substantial loss in power.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method for reducing emissions of common rail fuel
system compression ignition engine without substantial reduction
in acceleration, the method comprising running said engine on a
fuel comprising a diesel fuel characterized by having a density
of about 0.825 g/cc or less, a viscosity of about 2.6 cSt or less
at 40"C, and a sulfur content of about 0.05 wt% or less.
THE REFERENCES
Barry et al. (Barry) 5,976,201 Nov. 2, 1999
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