Appeal No. 2001-0027
Application 09/110,397
a route searching means for searching for a
preferred travel route by using said present position of
said mobile vehicle detected by said position detecting
means, said data of road units stored in said storage
means, and said running experience data previously stored
in said running road storing means.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
Examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ikeda et al. (Ikeda) 5,031,104 Jul. 9,
1991
Zechnall 5,146,219 Sep. 8,
1992
Braegas 5,406,490 Apr. 11,
1995
Maki 5,557,524 Sep.
17, 1996
(filed Sep. 30, 1993)
Hirota et al. (Hirota) 5,568,390 Oct. 22, 1996
(filed Dec. 29,
1995)
Claims 5 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Braegas in view of Zechnall and
Maki. Claims 7 through 9, 12 and 17 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Braegas in view of
Zechnall, Maki and Ikeda. Claims 11 and 16 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Braegas in
view of Zechnall, Maki and Hirota.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
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