Appeal No. 2000-0866 Page 3
Application No. 08/852,829
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to virtual vehicle
sensors which use neural networks trained using a simulation
model to monitor a vehicle parameter (specification, p. 1). A
copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix
to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Keeler et al. 5,548,528 Aug. 20,
1996
(Keeler) (filed Jan. 30,
1995)
Puskorius et al. 5,625,750 Apr. 29,
1997
(Puskorius '750) (filed June 29,
1994)
Puskorius et al. 5,781,700 July 14,
1998
(Puskorius '700) (filed Feb. 5,
1996)
Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 15 and 16 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Puskorius '700 in
view of Puskorius '750.
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