Ex Parte LATARNIK et al - Page 2




              Appeal No. 2002-0245                                                                  Page 2                
              Application No. 09/202,412                                                                                  


                                                    BACKGROUND                                                            
                     The appellants' invention relates to a process for controlling the driving behavior                  
              of an automotive vehicle .  A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the                           
              appendix to the appellants' brief.                                                                          


                     The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the                      
              appealed claims are:                                                                                        
              Sol et al. (Sol)                    5,136,513                           Aug.  4, 1992                       
              Ammon                               5,548,536                           Aug. 20, 1996                       
              Eckert et al. (Eckert)              5,862,503                           Jan. 19, 1999                       



                     Claims 16 to 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable                           
              over Eckert in view of Sol.                                                                                 


                     Claims 16 to 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable                           
              over Eckert in view of Ammon.                                                                               


                     Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and                        
              the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer                        
              (Paper No. 20, mailed August 13, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in                             








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