Appeal No. 2006-2850
Application No. 10/812,027
Invention
The invention relates to a vehicle navigation system which is
transportable between vehicles. See pages 1 and 2 of Appellant’s
specification. Claim 1 is representative of the invention and reproduced
below:
1. A vehicle navigation system comprising:
a computer module including a processor and a map database;
a docking station, said computer module selectively matable with said
docking station;
wherein the computer module further includes at least one
navigational sensor.
References
The references relied upon by the Examiner are:
Avitan US 4,942,529 Jul. 17, 1990
Ito US 5,889,337 Mar. 30, 1999
Kamiya US 5,917,435 Jun. 29, 1999
Hollenberg US 6,091,956 Jul. 18, 2000
Kodama (as translated) JP 10213443 Aug. 11, 1998
Rejection at Issue
Claims 1, 3, 5 through 17, 30, 31 and 33 through 38 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (a) as being unpatentable over Kamiya in view of
Kodama and Hollenberg. The Examiner’s rejections are set forth on pages
3 through 6 of the Answer. Claims 18 through 22 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 (a) as being unpatentable over Kamiya in view of Kodama
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