Appeal No. 2001-1480 Page 2
Application No. 09/129,285
traffic conditions (specification, page 1). Representative
claim 1 reads as follows.
1. A method for controlling traffic comprising:
developing global positioning system information
about a plurality of vehicles;
analyzing traffic patterns based on said
information;
developing traffic control signals based on said
traffic patterns; and
transmitting said traffic control signals to
traffic control devices.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art
references in rejecting the appealed claims:
Marcy 4,390,951 Jun. 28, 1983
Ayanoglu et al. (Ayanoglu) 5,689,252 Nov. 18, 1997
This panel relied upon the following additional prior art
in making a new ground of rejection:
Admitted prior art (AAPA) on page 1 of appellant’s
specification
Claims 1, 3 and 5-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(e) as being anticipated by Ayanoglu.
Claims 2 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Ayanoglu in view of Marcy.
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