Appeal 2007-1827
Application 10/001,324
is an integer greater than one, the transmission control unit
generates information for causing the first transmission and
the second transmission in combination to move a total of
M times to move to a different destination speed stage that
has a gear ratio in close proximity to a gear ratio of the
requested destination speed stage, where M is an integer
less than N, without regard to whether or not the first
transmission and the second transmission would be
temporarily set in a speed stage outside a range between the
origin speed stage and the requested destination speed stage
when moving from the origin speed stage to the requested
destination speed stage.
THE REFERENCES
Colbert US 5,213,548 May 25, 1993
Browning US 5,261,858 Nov. 16, 1993
Ethington US 5,681,234 Oct. 28, 1997
Spencer US 6,047,230 Apr. 4, 2000
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows: claims 1-7, 13,
18, 20-28 and 34 over Ethington in view of Browning; claims 14-16 and 35-37
over Ethington in view of Browning and Colbert; and claims 17, 19, and 38 over
Ethington in view of Browning and Spencer.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejections and, under 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b),
enter a new ground of rejection of claims 1-7, 13-28, and 34-38.
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