Appeal No. 2000-2085
Application No. 08/803,937
communication transceiver and the object
corresponding to the second satellite
communication transceiver performing one of
receiving the fourth ranging signal from the
object in response to the first satellite
communication transceiver transmitting the third
ranging signal to the object and transmitting
the third ranging signal to the object wherein
the object transmits the fourth ranging signal
in response thereto to the first satellite
communication transceiver; and
a ground station for determining a first
path length corresponding to a first time length
of the bidirectional communication path,
determining a second path length corresponding
to a second time length of the first and second
unidirectional communication paths, and
determining the position of the object based on
the first and second known locations and the
first and second path lengths.
THE PRIOR ART
The reference relied upon by the examiner as
evidence
of anticipation and obviousness is:
Ames et al. (Ames) 5,126,748 Jun. 30,
1992
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 8 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by, and in the alternative
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