Appeal 2007-0370
Application 09/951,560
1 providing a plurality of orbiting satellites around Earth;
2 providing at least one vehicle for traveling on a roadway,
3 the at least one vehicle including a satellite receiver and a
4 controller;
5 the vehicle receiving positional signals from the satellites
6 as to indicate position of the vehicle on Earth; and
7 the controller determining, based upon (a) a speed at
8 which the vehicle is being driven, and (b) at least one of stored
9 speed limit information or location of the vehicle on Earth,
10 whether to issue or transmit a notification of traffic law
11 infraction so that a traffic ticket can be issued to an owner or
12 driver of the vehicle.
13
14 The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
15 appeal is:
16 Angeloni US 3,680,043 Jul. 25, 1972
17 Horvat US 4,591,823 May 24, 1986
18 Vaughn US 5,485,161 Jan. 16, 1996
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20 The rejections under review in this appeal are as follows.
21 Claims 1-4, 10, and 12-15 stand rejected under 35 U. S. C. §103(a)
22 over the combination of Horvat and Vaughn.
23 Claims 5-9, 11, and 16-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as
24 being unpatentable over the combination of Horvat, Vaughn, and Angeloni.
25 DISCUSSION
26 A. Background
27 The Appellant has claimed a traffic monitoring and violation ticketing
28 system. Using the global positioning satellite (GPS) system and a satellite
29 receiver and controller in the car, the claimed invention uses GPS to
30 determine one’s location and rate of speed, a controller to compare that
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