Appeal No. 2002-0470
Application No. 08/612,211
examiner regarding the merits of these rejections.
The rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
The rejection based on Ichihara
Ichihara teaches (Figure 7; column 5, lines 25-50) producing
a target speed value S (block #40a) based on signals from change
speed lever 11 (block #10a), backward/forward changeover switch
13 (block #20a), and accelerator lever 13 (block #30a). Ichihara
then measures the actual speed value R (block #50a). Ichihara
explains what happens next as follows:
At step #60a, the target value: S is compared with the
actual value: R, taking a predetermined value: K into
account. If the comparison results in S>R+K, a new
target value is set by adding a correction value to the
target value at step #70a. If S+K<R, a new target
value is set by subtracting a correction value from the
target value at step #80a. In other cases, i.e., if K$
= absolute value (S-R), the target value is not
changed. [Column 5, lines 35-43.]
The target speed is then sent to an electric motor
controller 200 (Figure 6) where it is utilized to vary the amount
of power supplied to the motor.
Ichihara does not disclose step (d) of claim 1. More
particularly, Ichihara does not make the actual output torque of
the vehicle drive motor substantially equal to the output torque
of the vehicle drive motor ordered in accordance with the
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