Appeal 2007-0370
Application 09/951,560
1 273 Conn. 296, 869 A.2d 1198 (Conn. 2005)(attached)(discussing October,
2 2000 incident in which man was fined $450.00 for speeding in a rental car as
3 reported to car owner by GPS wirelessly).
4 Further, one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was
5 made would have known that local law enforcement is ordinarily charged
6 with knowing the local traffic ordinances, monitoring traffic flow and
7 comparing that flow with the known local ordinances, and exercising
8 discretion to issue tickets in certain instances of excessive speed.
9 The Appellant is utilizing known GPS systems in known
10 configurations and known communications methods to allow for the
11 automated ticketing of traffic infractions which are commonly handled by
12 law enforcement authorities. GPS systems which report on speeds above 79
13 miles per hour for two minutes or longer were in known public use as early
14 as October 2000. See American Car Rental.
15 If this application returns to the Office for further prosecution, the
16 Examiner and the Appellant should give sufficient attention to the known
17 public use of the Acme Rent-A-Car system described in American Car
18 Rental, along with the decision of the United States Supreme Court in KSR.
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