The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte CHARLES GILBERT, JAMES M. JANKY,
CHARLES N. BRANCH, and MARK E. NICHOLS
Appeal No. 2000-1741
Application No. 08/654,401
ON BRIEF
Before KRASS, GROSS and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1, 4-7 and 10-22, all of the pending claims.
The invention is directed to a geographic information system
(GIS) integrated with an automatic vehicle location system (AVL).
The preferred embodiment, as set forth in the instant claims,
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