Ex Parte Beauregard et al - Page 3

                Appeal 2006-2252                                                                                
                Application 10/397,012                                                                          
                       The rejections as presented by the Examiner are as follows:                              
                   1. Claims 1 to 31 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being                             
                       anticipated by Brodie                                                                    
                   2. Claims 1 to 3, 6, 7, 10, 14 to 16, 18, 19, 21 to 23, 25 and 26 are                        
                       rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Murphy.                        
                   3. Claims 5, 9, 20 and 27 are rejected under 35 U.S.C § 103(a) as                            
                       unpatentable over Murphy in view of Green.                                               
                   4. Claims 4, 8, 11 to 13, 17, 24 and 28 to 31 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.                   
                       § 103(a) as unpatentable over Murphy in view of Brodie.                                  
                   5. Claims 4, 8, 11 to 13, 17, 24 and 28 to 31 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.                   
                       § 103(a) as unpatentable over Green in view of Brodie.1                                  
                                                                                                               
                       The Appellants contend that neither Brodie nor Murphy discloses a                        
                Global Positioning System (“GPS”) and that Brodie does not disclose a GPS                       
                having a receiver that receives its own navigation signal such that said signal                 
                can be canceled by using the GPS receiver’s signal processor.                                   



                                                                                                               
                1   The examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9, 10,                   
                14 to 16, 18, 19, 21 to 23, 25 and 26, under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as                              
                anticipated by Green (Answer 10).                                                               
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