Appeal No. 2005-2762 Παγε 2
Application No. 09/859,973
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a tracking and alerting system for a vehicle.
A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The Rejection
Claims 1-27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as being anticipated by
Gioia1.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the rejection
(mailed January 28, 2003), answer (mailed June 19, 2003) and supplemental answer
(mailed March 23, 2005 ) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejection and to the supplemental brief (filed April 30, 2003), first reply brief (filed August
22, 2003) and second reply brief (filed May 26, 2005 ) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied Gioia patent, and to the
1 U.S. Pat. No. 6,067,007, issued May 23, 2000.
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