Appeal 2006-3268
Application 10/479,696
connected to the relief valve, and the additional line is connected to the
pneumatic connection.
21. The device according to claim 13, wherein the pressure
recording element includes a pressure sensor.
22. The device according to claim 21, further comprising a
regulator connected to the pressure sensor and integrated into a control unit
which is adapted to control the means for regulating and the metering device
as a function of the pressure changes.
25. The device according to claim 13, wherein the metering device
is mounted on an exhaust gas pipe that leads to the catalytic converter
system, the output side of the metering device facing away from the line
penetrating into the exhaust gas pipe.
26. A method for metering a reducing agent comprising:
supplying the reducing agent in a metered manner to a catalytic
converter system for a removal of nitrogen oxides from exhaust gases with
the aid of a metering device,
regulating a pressure of the reducing agent; and
recording pressure changes at a side of the metering device facing the
catalytic converter system, the pressure changes having an influence on the
pressure regulation.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art reference as evidence
of unpatentability:
Hofmann US 6,273,120 B1 Aug. 14, 2001
The rejections as presented by the Examiner are as follows:
1. Claim 20 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, 1st ¶, as failing to comply
with the enablement requirement. According to the Examiner, the
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