Appeal No. 2001-1541 Page 9
Application No. 09/094,297
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1 to 20 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kull in view of
Dierker or Codina.
The examiner's position (answer, pp. 4-5) with respect to
this ground of rejection is that it would have been obvious to
one having ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention
was made to modify Kull by replacing Kull's gyroscope/GPS3
means for determining turn rate by using a distance sensing
means to determine the turn rate in view of the teachings of
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either Dierker or Codina . We do not agree.
3The pertinent teachings of Kull are set forth on page 9
of the brief and page 4 of the answer.
4The pertinent teachings of Dierker are set forth on
pages 5,6 and 10 of the brief and pages 4-5 of the answer.
5The pertinent teachings of Codina are set forth on page
10 of the brief and pages 4-5 of the answer.
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