Appeal No. 2001-0027
Application 09/110,397
the traffic report memory 4 of Braegas does not keep track of
the vehicle’s run experience data, rather, it merely stores
general broadcast traffic advisories from the radio traffic
service decoder 3. In particular, Appellant asserts that
neither this information nor the “route” stored in memory area
6a relates to the claimed “running experience data” obtained
as the vehicle travels on a road unit (brief, page 6 and reply
brief, page 2). Furthermore, Appellant argues that modifying
Braegas with Zechnall and Maki to coordinate traffic data with
vehicle’s present position on the road unit contradicts the
purpose of traffic advisories that would not be useful if
obtained as the vehicle travels through the traffic jam
(brief, page 7 and reply brief, page 3). Appellant also
indicates that neither Zechnall nor Maki teaches storing
running experience data as the vehicle travels on the road
unit and using the data in route selection as both references
consider road information and pre-prepared maps from stored
memory (brief, page 8 and reply brief, page 4).
In response to Appellant’s arguments, the Examiner
equates the claimed “run experience data” to traffic data of
Braegas and states that such data is specific to the present
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