Appeal No. 95-3175
Application 08/124,361
information for inclusion on printed reports" (column 1, lines 60-62), which allows "characterization of said
vehicle operating expenses and said travel expenses for tax purposes," as recited in claim 15. For example,
in figure 4B "the user is prompted at step 69 to enter the reason for the mileage traveled" (column 5,
lines 6-7).
Fogg discloses a trip distance recorder for a motor vehicle connected to a mileage sensor to
measure the distance traveled (e.g., column 3, approx. lines 30-42; column 4, lines 24-30). The sensor
may be a drive shaft sensor (column 3, lines 30-42). Fogg discloses that the trips may be characterized
by one of ten trip types (column 3, lines 64-66; column 4, table I). The system in figure 2 of Fogg is "a data
storage and internal processor responsive to said mileage sensor and manual input, having a
microcomputer, a real time clock, and random access memory," as recited in claim 15. The real time clock
is not shown but is described, for example, in column 4. Fogg further discloses a calibration procedure to
calibrate the TICKS/TENTH parameter value (e.g., column 6, lines 30-68; column 5, line 52, to
column 10, line 20).
Whitaker shows a device for recording distances for personal and business use using a vehicle
speed sensor. A mileage sensor attached to the vehicle is connected to the device for recording miles
driven (column 3, lines 43-46). "The speed pick-up can be from the drive shaft, transmission, speedometer
cable or electronic control module (ECM)/electronic control unit (ECU)" (column 3, lines 10-12). The
purpose of the trip can be characterized as "business," "investment," or "personal" (default) (column 3,
line 62, to column 4, line 10). The system in figures 3-6 of Whitaker is "a data storage and internal
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