Appeal No. 1999-1342
Application 08/568,232
central processing means for storing identification information about a plurality of
drivers and corresponding traffic-related information, and for processing information
transmitted thereto;
portable terminal means for processing the identification information on a driver
and fine payment information using said driver's card by selectively communicating
on-line or off-line with said central processing means; and
interface means for outputting a result of the traffic-related business processed by
said portable terminal means.
The following reference is relied on by the examiner:
Eisenmann 5,459,304 Oct. 17, 1995
(filing date of Sept. 13, 1994)
Claims 1 and 3 through 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of
obviousness, the examiner relies upon Eisenmann alone.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the examiner, reference is
made to the briefs and the answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
From our study of the positions of the appellants, the examiner and the teachings
and suggestions in Eisenmann, as well as the claimed subject matter of all claims on
appeal, we sustain the rejection of claims 3 through 5, but reverse the rejection of claims 1
and 6 through 13.
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