Appeal No. 1998-2003
Application No. 08/440,246
processing of said information and an output connected to provide a
representation of said position-of-the-receiver on a display, the
improvement comprising:
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 for providing for a description of documents
including any combination of text, graphics and images in a device-
independent and resolution-independent format connected to output
selected ones of said maps on said display.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner
in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Steiner et al. (Steiner) 5,528,248 Jun. 18, 1996
(filed Aug. 19, 1994)
Adobe Systems Inc., Portable Document Format Reference Manual, 1993,
Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. (Adobe)
Claims 1, 4, 5, and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Steiner in view of Adobe.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 11,
mailed February 9, 1998) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to appellant's Brief (Paper No. 10,
filed March 17, 1997) for appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied prior art
references, and the respective positions articulated by appellant and
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