Appeal No. 96-2418 Application 08/137,267 position information; selecting one of the first and second present position candidacies, which calculated correction amount is the minimum; and updating the present position by the corrected advanced position of the selected one candidacy. The Examiner relies on the following references: Thoone et al. (Thoone) 4,758,959 Jul. 19, 1988 Honey et al. (Honey) 4,796,191 Jan. 3, 1989 Tenmoku et al. (Tenmoku) 4,807,127 Feb. 21, 1989 Claims 1 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Honey. Claims 2, 3 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Honey and Tenmoku. Claims 4 through 7 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Honey and Thoone. Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the Examiner, reference is made to the briefs and answer for the 2 respective details thereof. OPINION 2Appellant filed an appeal brief on September 29, 1995. We will refer to this appeal brief as simply the brief. Appellant filed a reply appeal brief on April 4, 1996. We will refer to this reply appeal brief as the reply brief. The Examiner stated in the Examiner’s letter dated April 26, 1996 that the reply brief has been entered and considered but no further response by the Examiner is deemed necessary. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007