Appeal No. 1996-2958
Application No. 08/150,053
restriction area to be secured, a traffic restriction area
being an area along a blocked stretch of roadway in which
traffic is restricted by the light signalling equipment,
the method comprising:
sensing traffic and measuring the transit times of
vehicles over a measured distance extending substantially
along the traffic restriction area to be secured with the
sensor controls;
determining the clearance time as a function of the
transit time measurements obtained; and
controlling the light signaling equipment to
regulate traffic in the traffic restriction area to be
secured based on the determined clearance time.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Marcy 4,390,951 Jun. 28,
1983
Kishi 5,252,969 Oct. 12,
1993
(Filed Jun. 18, 1991)
Claims 1 through 7 and 11 through 17 stand finally
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Marcy in view of Kishi.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants
and the Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and Answers 1
1The Appeal brief was filed November 29, 1995. In
response to the Examiner’s Answer dated March 20, 1996, a
Reply brief was filed May 20, 1996. The Examiner entered the
Reply Brief and submitted a Supplemental Examiner’s Answer on
July 19, 1996. A Supplemental Reply Brief filed by Appellants
3
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