Appeal No. 2003-0811 Page 2
Application No. 09/285,290
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a GPS-based system for controlling logistics
in connection with a vehicle (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is
set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Sennott et al. (Sennott) 5,390,125 Feb. 14, 1995
Bounds 5,657,700 Aug. 19, 1997
Gimenez et al. (Gimenez) 5,809,448 Sep. 15, 1998
Smith et al. (Smith) 6,161,986 Dec. 19, 2000
Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Sennott in view of Bounds and Smith.
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Sennott in view of Bounds, Smith and Gimenez.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 16, mailed December 20, 2001) and the answer (Paper No. 19,
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