Appeal No. 2000-0206 Page 6
Application No. 08/699,328
identical to the applied Lectric Lites' traffic sign) is
designated a "Stop Ahead (Symbol)" warning sign. Thus, the
octagon symbol on the Lectric Lites' traffic sign does not
provide the same traffic information as a typical "STOP" sign
(i.e., the regulatory sign designated R1 in the 1990 Uniform Sign
Chart of the California Department of Transportation) since the
typical "STOP" sign provides the traffic information to stop
where the sign is located. In the embodiment of the appellant's
invention shown, for example, in Figure 3, the traffic
information conveyed by the secondary traffic symbol (16')
provides secondary traffic information unrelated to the first
traffic symbol (not identified in Figure 3 but identified as
symbol 13 in Figure 1) and to the first traffic information
provided by the first traffic symbol. In that regard, the
appellant's first traffic symbol of Figure 3 informs a driver
that the driver must stop where the sign is located (as with a
typical "STOP" sign) while the appellant's second traffic symbol
of Figure 3 informs the driver that a vehicle approaching from
the driver's left has a typical "STOP" sign. Thus, it is our
view that the information conveyed to the driver by the
appellant's secondary traffic symbol is unrelated to the
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