Appeal No. 95-2730
Application No. 08/169959
experimentation in practicing the claimed invention, that
experimentation was clearly not undue as to make the
disclosure nonenabling within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph. Accordingly, we will not sustain the
rejection of claims 5 through 7.
The first operating mode concerns the situation where an
object is standing still or is driving more slowly in the
driver’s direction. Clearly, it was well known in the art
that distance measuring devices can determine whether an
object is standing still (the relative speed of the object is
equal to that of the vehicle speed) or moving slower in the
same direction as the vehicle (the relative speed of the
object is less than the vehicle speed).
The second operating mode concerns the situation where an
object may be standing still or driving more slowly in the
driver’s direction, as in the first mode, but also includes
the situation where an object is coming towards the vehicle.
Clearly, it was also known in the art how to determine when an
object is coming towards the vehicle (the relative speed of
the object is greater than the vehicle speed).
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