Ex parte ODAGAWA - Page 3




                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.                                                                                             
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