Appeal No. 1999-2764
Application No. 08/863,228
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Deering 5,173,859 Dec. 22,
1992
Hibino et al. (Hibino ‘426) 5,396,426 Mar.
7, 1995
Labuhn et al. (Labuhn) 5,454,442 Oct. 3,
1995
Chakraborty 5,659,304 Aug. 19,
1997
(filing date Mar. 1,
1995)
Hibino et al. (Hibino ‘473) 5,684,473 Nov. 4,
1997
(filing date Mar. 24,
1995)
Claims 1 to 4 and 9 to 11 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the following
combination of references:
(1) Labuhn or Deering, in view of Chakraborty;
(2) Hibino ‘426 or ‘473, in view of Chakraborty.
The Deering patent discloses an adaptive speed control
system carried by a succeeding vehicle 10, traveling at the
speed V and acceleration A . Preceding vehicle 10 is vehicleO O
12, traveling at speed V , at a range (distance from vehicle
T
10) of RNG . The system has two modes: mode 1, in which the
A
actual range RNG between the two vehicle is greater than a
A
desired range RNG , and mode 2, in which RNG is less thanD A
3
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