Appeal No. 2004-0746 Page 2 Application No. 09/163,588 BACKGROUND The appellant's invention generally relates to data communications and information systems and, more particularly, to automated activation system and method for efficiently activating a vehicle travel monitoring system (specification, p. 2). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief. Claims 1 to 11, 13, 14, 16 to 23, 27 to 32, 35 to 39 and 41 to 55 stand provisionally rejected under the judicially created doctrine of double patenting over claims 1-30 of copending Application No. 09/395,497.1 Claims 1 to 11, 13, 14, 16 to 23, 27 to 32, 35 to 39 and 41 to 55 stand provisionally rejected under the judicially created doctrine of double patenting over claims 1-36 of copending Application No. 09/163,958.2 Claims 1 to 11, 13, 14, 16 to 23, 27 to 32, 35 to 39 and 41 to 55 stand provisionally rejected under the judicially created doctrine of double patenting over claims 1-21 and 23-49 of copending Application No. 08/852,119.3 1 Application No. 09/395,497 issued as U.S. Patent No. 6,363,323 on March 26, 2002. 2 Application No. 09/163,958 issued as U.S. Patent No. 6,278,936 on August 21, 2001. 3 Application No. 08/852,119 issued as U.S. Patent No. 6,748,318 on June 8, 2004.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007