Ex parte ARAKAWA et al. - Page 3




                Appeal No. 96-2583                                                                                                      
                Application 08/243,087                                                                                                  


                of attainment T according to an equation of: T =  ab/ (ab  +  bc) and outputs the degree of attainment T                
                to the display control circuit; and                                                                                     

                        the display control circuit causes the display to display the degree of attainment T.                           






                        The references relied on by the examiner are:                                                                   

                Mori et al. (Mori)                      4,390,948                       June 28, 1983                                   
                Moroto et al. (Moroto)                  5,121,326                       June   9, 1992                                  
                                                                                (filed Mar. 6, 1991)                                    

                        Claims 7 through 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Moroto.                      

                        Claims 10, 11, 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                        

                Moroto in view of Mori.                                                                                                 

                        Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the respective positions of the appellants and               

                the examiner.                                                                                                           

                                                              OPINION                                                                   

                        We have carefully considered the entire record before us, and we will reverse the obviousness                   

                rejection of claims 7 through 11, 13 and 14.                                                                            

                        Moroto discloses a navigation apparatus (Figure 1) for setting a route from a designated                        

                departure point to a destination point, and for providing guidance along the route to the destination                   


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