Appeal No. 2006-1744
Application No. 10/060,121
(b) a seal disposed in the filler tube and operable for sealing about the nozzle
upon insertion therein;
(c) a recirculation conduit having one end connected to admit fuel vapor to the
filler tube at a location downstream of the seal and having an end opposite said one end
connected to receive fuel vapor from the outlet of said vent valve; and,
(d) a neck portion in the filler tube downstream of the location of said recirculation
conduit connection location, wherein said neck has the inner periphery thereof sized to
receive the nozzle in closely fitting arrangement and to form an effective dynamic seal
about liquid discharging from the nozzle.
THE REFERENCES
Aubel et al. (Aubel) 5,183,087 Feb. 2, 1993
Yamazaki et al. (Yamazaki) 5,606,954 Mar. 4, 1997
Hashimoto et al. (Hashimoto) 5,769,057 Jun. 23, 1998
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Yamazaki in view of Aubel and Hashimoto.
OPINION
We affirm the aforementioned rejection.
The appellant does not argue any particular claim, or argue that if the references
were combined, the claimed invention would not be obtained. The appellant’s sole
argument is that one of ordinary skill in the art would not have combined the teachings
in the applied references. Hence, we limit our discussion to that argument. See 37
CFR § 41.37(c)(1)(vii)(2004).
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