Appeal No. 2003-1334
Application No. 09/651,714
system. At least one sensor generates a signal indicative of
weight, and that weight signal is used to determine timing
information. Thereafter, weight information is determined from
the timing information.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A method of determining weight information in a vehicle
weight classification system having at least one sensor that
generates a signal indicative of weight and a controller that
communicates with the sensor, comprising the steps of:
(A) generating a signal indicative of weight;
(B) determining timing information from the signal of step
(A); and
(C) determining the weight information from the timing
information of step (B), using the controller.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Coia 3,824,584 July 16, 1974
O’Neill 4,144,525 Mar. 13, 1979
Wilkinson 4,257,034 Mar. 17, 1981
Gagnon 5,810,392 Sept. 22, 1998
Claims 1 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Gagnon in view of Coia, O’Neill and
Wilkinson.
Reference is made to the briefs (paper numbers 19 and 22)
and the answer (paper number 21) for the respective positions of
the appellants and the examiner.
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