The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the
Board.
Paper No. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GORDON JAMES SMITH
and GEORGE WILLARD VAN LEEUWEN
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Appeal No. 2003-0530
Application 09/598,815
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Gordon James Smith et al. appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 24, all of the claims pending in the
application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “dynamic adjustment of automotive
vehicle drive systems based upon road conditions” (specification,
page 1). Representative claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A method for producing a response to road conditions
ahead of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
identifying a first vehicle ahead of a second vehicle
traveling along the same path.;
electronically sensing non-vehicular driving condition
information local to said first vehicle, said step of
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