Appeal No. 2000-0007 Page 5
Application No. 08/586,919
Claim 13, the sole independent claim on appeal, reads as
follows:
An automotive vehicle and control comprising a
transmitter means for sending high frequency and
ultrasonic signals to the vehicle, a drive means for said
vehicle, a control means for said vehicle, a high
frequency position finder means on said vehicle for
determining the direction of the transmitter means at a
distance exceeding a predetermined distance from said
transmitter means through said high frequency signals,
and an ultrasonic position finder means for determining
the direction and distance of the transmitter means
through said ultrasonic signals from said transmitter
[means ] when the vehicle is within said predetermined2
distance.
The appellant argues (brief, pp. 7-8) that Suyama does
not anticipate claim 13 since Suyama does not teach (1) "a
transmitter means for sending both high frequency and
ultrasonic signals to the vehicle," and (2) "a position finder
means for determining the direction and distance of a remote
transmitter carried by an individual through ultrasonic
signals (rather than originating from the vehicle) when the
vehicle is within a predetermined distance."
2The omission of the word "means" is deserving of
correction by the appellant.
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