Appeal 2007-1787
Application 10/742,187
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellants seek our review under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 13-15, all the claims currently pending in the application. We
have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) (2002).
SUMMARY OF DECISION
We AFFIRM.
THE INVENTION
Appellants claimed invention is to a GPS-based system for controlling
logistics in connection with a vehicle (Specification 1:5). Claim 13, reproduced
below, is representative of the subject matter on appeal.
13. A logistics system to control application of ballast along a
selected section of railroad and comprising:
a railroad car including a ballast hopper and at least one hopper door
engaged with said hopper and operable to open and close to respectively
allow and prevent discharge of ballast from said hopper;
a door actuator engaged with said hopper door and controllable to
open and close said hopper door;
a global positioning system (GPS) receiver engaged with said car and
operative to generate a location signal representing a location of said car,
said GPS receiver being adapted to receive GPS coordinate signals from a
GPS satellite constellation;
a position control subsystem coupled to said GPS receiver and said
door actuator, said position control subsystem storing data from said GPS
receiver representing a location of said selected section of said railroad along
which application of ballast is desired; and
said GPS receiver communicating information relating to the railroad
car position to the position control subsystem whereby GPS position
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