Appeal No. 2003-0530
Application 09/598,815
electronically sensing non-vehicular driving condition
information being performed automatically by electronic apparatus
within said first vehicle;
transmitting said non-vehicular driving condition
information from said first vehicle to said second vehicle;
producing a response to said non-vehicular driving condition
information in said second vehicle, said step of producing a
response to said driving condition information being performed
automatically by electronic apparatus within said second vehicle.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Rahman 6,121,896 Sep. 19, 2000
Jitsukata et al. (Jitsukata) 6,169,940 Jan. 2, 2001
THE REJECTION
Claims 1, 3 through 8, 10, 12 through 17, 19, 20 and 22
through 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Jitsukata.
Claims 2, 9, 11, 18 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Jitsukata in view of Rahman.
Attention is directed to the brief (Paper No. 11) and answer
(Paper No. 12) for the respective positions of the appellants and
examiner regarding the merits of these rejections.
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