Appeal No. 96-3286
Application 08/197,594
objected to claims 3 and 4 as being allowable if written in
independent form.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. Device for determining a toll for a vehicle travelling
over a road section, comprising:
vehicle-carried means for determining the position of the
vehicle, and
a vehicle-carried road storage device in which data of at
least one toll-chargeable road network are electronically stored,
said road storage device also having stored therein road toll
parameters associated with said toll chargeable road network, an
individual road toll parameter being associated with a particular
road section of the road network and representing a proportional
road toll due for the use of this section, and
a vehicle-carried computer unit connected to the road
storage device and the means for determining the position, the
computer unit determining the toll due for the use of the route
sections travelled by the vehicle, based at least on data from
the means for determining the position, and road network and toll
parameter data from the road storage device.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Cardullo et al. (Cardullo) 3,713,148 Jan. 23, 1973
Tanaka et al. (Tanaka) DE 4033527 Apr. 25, 19912
(German Offenlegungsschrift)
Hirata DE 4130367 Mar. 19, 19922
2Our understanding of this reference is based upon a
translation provided by the Scientific and Technical Information
Center of the Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the
translation is enclosed with this decision.
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