The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte RALF BERGHOLZ, HUBERT WEISSER and KLAUS TIMM Appeal No. 2002-1867 Application No. 08/859,635 HEARD: APRIL 10, 2003 Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, and 12-14. The invention is directed to a vehicle collision avoidance system. In particular, adequate space between vehicles is controlled by using vehicle speed and a transfer function which -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007