Appeal No. 96-1920
Application 08/218,136
estimates the driver’s driving skill nor specifically estimate
the skill according to an operation executed by the driver as
required by claim 1 [reply brief, page 10].
We will not sustain this rejection. We agree with the
arguments offered by appellant. The driving characteristics
stored in Takahashi ’997 are not an estimation of the driving
skill of a vehicle operator. Although it may be possible to
make this determination based on the stored data, Takahashi
’997 never discloses or suggests that this data is used to
estimate the driving skill of the operator. Takahashi ’997
simply allows control of a vehicle to be based on an
operator’s previous driving habits at the option of the
driver. Although the driving habits of a vehicle operator may
be evidence of his driving skill, Takahashi ’997 does not
estimate this skill or adjust the
level of control based on the individual skill level of the
operator. Since Takahashi ’997 does not fully meet the
invention of claim 1, we do not sustain this rejection of
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