Appeal No. 1996-3495
Application No. 08/321,941
The invention disclosed in appellant’s application
relates to an electronic tracking system having a portable
miniaturized geographic position determination and
communications module (500) and a portable locating unit (300)
located remotely from the module. The module comprises a
global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver (520) for
receiving a signal relating to the module’s geographic
position from a GPS system. The module further includes a
communications transceiver (540) for transmitting the module’s
geographic position to the portable locating unit (300) to
inform a user of the module’s geographic position. Claims 1
through 8 are directed to the miniaturized geographic position
determination and communication module per se, and claims 9
through 18 are directed to the combination of the miniaturized
module and the portable locating unit.
A copy of the appealed claims is appended to appellant’s
brief.
The following references are relied upon by the examiner
in support of his rejections of the appealed claims:
Durboraw, III (Durboraw) 5,266,958 Nov.
30, 1993
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