Appeal No. 2000-0858 Page 3
Application No. 08/890,933
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method of
controlling the road speed of a motor vehicle (claims 3, 5 to
8 and 10) and an arrangement for controlling the road speed of
a motor vehicle (claim 11). 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:
Suzuki et al. (Suzuki) 4,394,739 July 19, 1983
Yamaguchi 4,437,442 Mar. 20,
1984
Claims 5 to 8, 10 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Suzuki.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Suzuki in view of Yamaguchi.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
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