The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ARTHUR N. WOO
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Appeal No. 1998-2003
Application No. 08/440,246
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1, 4, 5, and 8.
Appellant's invention relates to a GPS navigation system with a
database of maps stored in a portable document format (PDF) file
independent of any hardware, software and operating system used to
create the database. Claim 4 is illustrative of the claimed
invention, and it reads as follows:
4. An improved GPS navigation receiver for converting
information from microwave radio transmissions from orbiting
satellites and for determining a position-of-the-receiver from a
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