Appeal No. 96-1920
Application 08/218,136
The examiner relies on the following references:
Furukawa et al. (Furukawa) 4,412,594 Nov. 01, 1983
Nishikawa et al. (Nishikawa) 4,949,268 Aug. 14, 1990
Takahashi (Takahashi ’997) 5,162,997 Nov. 10, 1992
Takahashi (Takahashi ’785) 5,172,785 Dec. 22, 1992
The following rejections have been made against the
claims and are on appeal before us:
1. Claims 9-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, based on the disclosure being inadequate to
support claims directed to use of a global positioning system.
2. Claims 8-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as failing to particularly point out and
distinctly claim the invention.
3. Claims 1, 3 and 5-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by the disclosure of Furukawa.
4. Claims 4 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Furukawa taken
alone.
5. Claims 8, 9, 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of
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