Appeal No. 96-4122
Application 08/077,419
inertial reference system. Claim 1 recites a corresponding
method step. Claim 11 requires a means for correcting the
first signals, dependent on a correction value that is
dependent on one of several factors. Claim 1 recites a
corresponding method step. Claim 11 requires a means for
determining movements of the vehicle relative to a road
surface-fixed reference system dependent on the corrected
first signals. Claim 1 recites a corresponding method step.
Claim 11 requires a means for controlling the chassis of the
vehicle, dependent on the determined movements. Claim 1
recites a corresponding step.
Both independent claims require that vehicle movement be
determined relative to a road surface-fixed reference system,
that the road surface-fixed reference system is dependent on
corrections made to a set of first signals, and that the first
signals represent movements of the vehicle relative to an
inertial reference system. The examiner’s treatment of these
claim limitations is disjointed and missing key relationships.
What the examiner has done is (1) find in Majeed a
vehicle chassis control system which uses an inertial
reference system, (2) find in Adachi a vehicle chassis control
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