Appeal No. 96-1460
Application 07/882,811
position of the vehicle corresponds to one of said plurality
of global positions within the zone.
The following reference is relied on by the examiner:
Hanson et al. (Hanson) 5,050,771 Sep. 24,
1991
Claims 1, 4, 5, 9, 11 to 13, 15 and 16 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Hanson.
Claims 2, 3, 6 to 8, 10 and 14 to 16 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Hanson alone.
Rather than repeat the positions of appellants and the
examiner, reference is made to the briefs and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We reverse the rejection of all claims on appeal under 35
U.S.C. § 102 and § 103.
Turning first to the rejection of independent claims 1
and 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 102, each of these claims recites a
navigation means for determining the current position of the
applicator vehicle on the agricultural field in global
coordinates as the vehicle moves over the field. The claims
further recite a means for storing in a digital memory data
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