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`To: Examiner Nina Tong
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`From: A E J Campbell, 775-243-1803
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`10f100,378
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`Confirmation No. 3934
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`Giuseppe A. Cuozzo
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`March 18, 2002
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`Nina C. Tong
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`NWKl3-51
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`AMENDMENT
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`This Amendment is a substitute for the amendment previously filed in November 2003.
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`No substance has changed. However, this paper corrects a formatting error in which the
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`default printout from a new version of the practitioner’s word processor employed
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`bubbles in the margins, as opposed to the correct format, which was how it appeared on
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`the computer screen of the practitioner.
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`In response to the Office action of October 3, 2003, please amend the above-identified
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`application as follows:
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`Amendments to the Claims are reflected iI1 the listing of claims which begins on page 2
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`Remarks/Arguments begin on page 6 of this paper.
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`PETITION ER FORD MOTOR COMPANY EX. 1007-1
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`Friday, January 09, 2004 11:51 AM
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`To: Examiner Nina Tong
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`From‘ A E J Carnpbeli, 775-243-1803
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`Appl. No. 10/100,378
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`Amdt. dated January 9, 2004
`Reply to Office action of October 3, 2003
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`Amendments to the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the
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`application:
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`I": Listing of Claims:
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`I. (currently amended) A speed limit indicator comprising:
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`a--speed‘~li-mits-displ-aya colored display to de1i.r1_ea_t_e“_which
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`Vi0l4t.i_9t1_.oftth§;t :sps<.:.s.1!_lin1it at a vehicle's._9urr¢=t1tlestation;
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`aspeedometer i.I1I_.§£.2F..€111Y attashed to said co1or_edos1i§p_1_ay;;;n§1
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`a disp_l_ay_ controller connected to said color______
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`display, wherein said display
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`controller adjusts said colored display independently of said speedometer to
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`5:ontinuous_'ly__L_Ipdate the delineation of which speed reading§_a_§e__in_
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`the. speed limit at a vehi<21s:[S;.p1:«:.s;nLlgcatignrand
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`aepeedometerattaelaedr-to-said—speed~li-ntiedisplay.
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`2. (canceled)
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`‘vi (currently amended) The__spge_d_l_i_i_1_'_1_it__Ai1ji_c_ligatg1j__celored-displayas defined in Claim
`~2_1_, wherein said colored display is a liquid crystal display.
`31‘(currently amended) The_spee_d_l_in_ii_t_in_digat_Q[7-e»olere€l—diAsplay-«as defined in Claim
`-2-_1_, wherein said colored display is a colored filter.
`l-l’\§(currently amended) Themspeed limit indicator v-speedometer--as defined in Claim 1,
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`a needle;
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`an axle having opposing ends with one end attached to said needle; and
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`a speedometer cable having opposing ends with one end attached to said axle.
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`g (currently amended) Themspeed limit indicator ~-speedemeteeas defined in Claim
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`wherein said speedometer further com;;rises~further~eompi-ising:
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`a backplate;
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`_a_pluralitx of speed denoting markings affixed to said backplate; and
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`Friday, January 09, 2004 11:51 AM
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`To: Examiner Nina Tong
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`From‘ A E J Campbell, 775-243-1503
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`Page: 3 of 13
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`Appl.No. 101100373
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`a housing enclosing said backplate.
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`R0 X (currently amended) The_spee_dAli_[nit_‘indicator i-speedometer-as defined in Claim 1,
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`wherein said s];e_edorneter comprises ---further--eompr—isingL-a liquid crystal display.
`_l §\(currently amended) The speed linntgidigatgijgl-displa-yA—as defined in Claim 2_1__,
`filrther comprising:
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`an electrically conductive wire having9_pp_osing_ends with one end connected
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`to said display controller; and
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`a speed limit locating device connected to said _gmp9_s_i_ng_end of saidwwire.
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`%§‘(currently amended) The speed limit indicator -leeatingdevsiae-as defined in Claim
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`a global positioning receiver; and
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`a database of locations and their corresponding speed limits which is
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`“I-€L(current1y amended) '['he__s_geed limit indicator displaycontroller--as defined in
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`generator.
`IO ‘H-.9 (currently amended) A speed limit indicator comprising:
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`a global positioning system receiver;
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`a speed—-lifititdisplay controller connected to said global positioning system
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`receiver,..wli§rsi9_.s.aid_.di§2I.a1:.99n1r9ller adjusts a co1oreddi§2!ay.i.n
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`_r_<:§L>.9.I2§_¢;.t9,..s.i.gt1a1s from said31.0balpositioninesystem rs_ceiV<:r t9
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`_c_g_ntinuous_l_y___n_pdate the delineation of whi_c_h_ speed r‘_eadin_g_s are
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`:szi9.lati9n.9.f1hs§p.eed limit at a vehi..c..l_e's nresent..19.9ation; and
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`a speedometer integl-al1_y_attached to saidVggfl_ored_-speed~limit-/display.
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`*lQ\(currentIy amendeg) The§pe_e_gLlimi_t__ir_1d_icat9_nnglebalpositioning-system-‘receiver
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`wherein said)global_positioning_system receiver further
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`gg3*n3pii§e_s__-eomprisinga database of locations and their corresponding speed limits.
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`'1-4: (currently amended) The_speed limit indicator -color-eddispla-y~as defined in Claim
`lo.-1-1-+1-3, wherein said colored display is a liquid crystal display.
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`Friday, January 09, 2004 11:51 AM
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`To: Examiner Nina Tong
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`From A E J Campbell, 775-243-1803
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`Page: 4 of 13
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`Appl. No. l0/100,378
`Amdt. dated January 9, 2004
`Reply to Office action of October 3, 2003
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`. current] amended) The_speed_l_i_n‘_1_it__indicator_-eeloreddi
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`(currently amended) The__s_peed limit indicator ~speedometer—~as defined in Claim_:l_§\
`-1---1-, wherein said speedometer comprises~§ui=ther--comprising:
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`a as defined in Claim
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`a needle;
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`an axle having opposing ends with one end attached to said needle; and
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`a speedometer cable having Opposing ends with one end attached to said axle75_
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`-l-«1~, whei'_ei11,_§aid speedometer fi.xrtlier_V_g;_‘(_)__nm1p.i:i§__e;_s-Afiinhereeeomprising:
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`a hackplate;
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`_a_p_lura1ityk9__t_‘,speed denoting markings affixed to said backplate; and
`a housing enclosing said backplate.
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`7'8‘.‘(cu1-rently amended) The_§_peed limit indicator speedometeras defined in Claim
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`(currgntly amended) Thespeed limit indicator_—d'rspl-ayeontroller—as defined in
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`(currently amended) A method ofdetermining speed, the relevant speed limit, and
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`displaying same, which comprises the steps of:
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`_1_1p_1oading_uplead--current information to regional speed limit database;
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`detennin_i_Iig,_detern1ine---Vehicle location and speed;
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`obtainingobtainspeed limit for said vehicle location from said database;
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`gpmparing com-pare--vehicle speed to said speed limit;
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`generatingmgenerate-tone if said vehicle speed exceeds said speed limit;
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`sendingvlsend--speed limit to display control unit; and
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`display---to reflect which speeds are below said speed limit and which speeds
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`exceed said speed limit.
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`l'ri\’LL. (new) The speed limit indicator as defined in Cli'1ir‘z1‘l"5t-iiiwherein said display
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`controller rotates said colored filter independently of said speedometer to continuously
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`Friday, January 09, 2004 11:51 AM
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`To: Examiner Nina Tong
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`From: A E J Campbell, 775-243-1803
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`Page: 5 of 13
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`Appl. No. 10/100,378
`Amdt. dated January 9, 2004
`Reply to Office action of October 3, 2003
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`update the delineation of which speed readings are in violation of the speed limit at a
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`\3 3-9: (new) The speed limit indicator as defined in Claim\l'~¢, wherein said display
`controlleradjustssaidliquidcrystaldisplayindependentlyofsaidspeedometerto
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`continuously update the delineation of which speed readings are in violation of the
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`speed limit at a vehicle's present location.
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`PETITIONER FORD MOTOR COMPANY EX. 1007-5
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`Friday, .January‘09, 2004 11:51 AM
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`To: Examiner Nina Tong
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`From‘ A E J Campbell, 775-243-1303
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`Page 6 of 13
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`Appl. No. 10/100,378
`Amdt. dated January 9, 2004
`Reply to Office action of October 3, 2003
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`REMARKS/ARGUMEN TS
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`Claims 1, 3-12, and 14-22 remain in this application. Claims 2 and 13 have been
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`canceled. Claims 21 and 22 add more detailed explanations of the function of the display
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`controller, which is found in the Specification at page 8, lines 14-17.
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`Claim 1, as amended, overcomes the 35 U.S.C. 102(e) rejection because it has
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`been amended to include the invention having a colored display to delineate which speed
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`readings are in violation of the speed limit at a vehicle's current location, a speedometer
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`integrally attached to the colored display, and a display controller connected to the
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`colored display, wherein the display controller adjusts the colored display independently
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`of the speedometer to continuously update the delineation of which speed readings are in
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`violation of the speed limit at a vehicle's present location. Support for the amendment to
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`specify that a colored display delineates which speed readings are in violation of the
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`speed limit at a vehicle's current location is found in the Specification at claim 2, p. 9,
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`lines 6-9 and in Figs. 1-4. Support for the amendment to specify that the speedometer is
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`integrally attached to the colored display is found in the Specification at p. 7, lines 28-30,
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`p. 8, lines 21-23, and in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. Support for the amendment to specify that a
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`display controller is connected to the colored display, wherein the display controller
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`adjusts the colored display independently of the speedometer to continuously update the
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`delineation of which speed readings are in violation of the speed limit at a vehicle's
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`present location is found in the Specification at p. 8, lines 14-17 and in Fig. 2. The cited
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`Awada (6,515,596) lacks a speedometer integrally attached to the speed limit display
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`(column 2, lines 40-42 and Figs. 1 and 4-6). The vehicle's driver is forced to look in two
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`separate locations and then mentally compare the speed limit with his vehicle's speed to
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`determine how close he is to speeding if he is not already doing so sufficiently to activate
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`the light and/or tone. This significant complexity could be distracting to the driver,
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`thereby increasing the risk of an accident. In contrast, the present invention provides an
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`integrated display allowing the driver to immediately ascertain both his speed and its
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`relation to the prevailing speed limit. Furthermore, the display of the present invention is
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`PETITION ER FORD MOTOR COMPANY EX. 1007-6
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`PETITIONER FORD MOTOR COMPANY EX. 1007-6
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`Friday, January 09, 2004 11:51 AM
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`To: Examiner Nina Tong
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`From: A E J Campbell, 775-243-1803
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`Page: T of 13
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`Appl. No. l0!lO0,378
`Amdt. dated January 9, 2004
`Reply to Office action of October 3, 2003
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`not well known. The speedometer display of Smith, Jr. (4,935,850) has a color
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`segmentation filter plate that is fixed in position (column 2, lines 31-32) and an
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`interrupter plate that rotates in conjunction with the speedometer needle axis (column 2,
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`lines 35-38). In contrast, the colored display of the present invention adjusts
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`independently of the speedometer by rotation of a colored filter by the display controller
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`(page 8, lines 14-1 7).
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`In addition, the display of Smith, Jr. has a fixed set of speeds at
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`which the vehicle's driver is warned (column 2, lines 20-25) that have no reference to the
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`speed limit then prevailing at the vehicle's location and that are limited to the vehicle's
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`speed (column 2, lines 35-38). In contrast, the present invention continuously updates the
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`visual warnings provided to the driver regarding the prevailing speed limit in response to
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`the vehicle's location regardless of the vehicle's speed. The dependent claims 3-10 add
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`additional novel features to the independent claims recited above and thus are submitted
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`to be a-fortiori, patentable.
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`Claim 11, as amended, overcomes the 35 U.S.C. 102(e) rejection because it has
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`been amended to include the invention having a display controller connected to a colored
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`display, wherein the display controller adjusts the colored in response to signals from the
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`global positioning system receiver to continuously update the delineation of which speed
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`readings are in violation of the speed limit at a vehicle's_ present location and a
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`speedometer integrally attached to the colored display. Support for the amendment to
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`specify that a display controller adjusts a colored display in response to signals from the
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`global positioning system receiver to continuously update the delineation of which speed
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`readings are in violation of the speed limit at a vehicle's present location is found in the
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`Specification at p. 8, lines 14-17 and in Fig. 2. Support for the amendment to specify that
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`the speedometer is integrally attached to the colored display is found in the Specification
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`at p. 7, lines 28-30, p. 8, lines 21-23, and in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. The cited Awada
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`(6,515,596) lacks a speedometer integrally attached to the speed limit display (column 2,
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`lines 40-42 and Figs. 1 and 4-6). The vehicle's driver is forced to look in two separate
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`locations and then mentally compare the speed limit with his vehicle's speed to determine
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`how close he is to speeding if he is not already doing so sufficiently to activate the light
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`Friday, January 09, 2004
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`11:51 AM
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`To‘. Examiner Nina Tong
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`From: A E J Campbell, 775-243-1803
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`Page: 8 of 13
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`Appl. No. 10/100,373
`Amdt. dated January 9, 2004
`Reply to Office action of October 3, 2003
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`and/or tone. This significant complexity could be distracting to the driver, thereby
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`increasing the risk of an accident.
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`In contrast, the present invention provides an
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`integrated display allowing the driver to immediately ascertain both his speed and its
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`relation to the prevailing speed limit. Furthermore, the display of the present invention is
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`not well known. The display of Smith, Jr. has a fixed set of speeds at which the vehicle's
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`driver is warned (column 2, lines 20~25) that have no reference to the speed limit then
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`prevailing at the vehicle's location and that are limited to the vehicle's speed (column 2,
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`lines 35-38). In contrast, the present invention continuously updates the visual warnings
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`provided to the driver regarding the prevailing speed limit in response to the vehicle's
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`location regardless of the vehicle's speed. The dependent claims 12, 14-19, and 21-22
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`add additional novel features to the independent claims recited above and thus are
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`submitted to be a-fortiori, patentable.
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`Claim 20, as amended, overcomes the 35 U.S.C. 102(e) rejection because it has
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`been amended to include the invention having the step ofmodifying the speed since limit
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`indicator as defined in Claim 1 to reflect which speeds are below the speed limit and
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`which speeds exceed the speed limit. Support for the amendment to specify that the
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`speed limit indicator as defined in Claim 1 is modified to reflect which speeds are below
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`the speed limit and which speeds exceed the speed limit is found in the Specification at p.
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`8, lines 14-17 and in Figs. 1-4. The cited Awada (6,5 15,596) lacks a speedometer
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`integrally attached to the speed limit display (column 2, lines 40-42 and Figs. 1 and 4-6).
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`The vehicle's driver is forced to look in two separate locations and then mentally compare
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`the speed limit with his vehicle's speed to determine how close he is to speeding if he is
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`not already doing so sufficiently to activate the light and/or tone. This significant
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`complexity could be distracting to the driver, thereby increasing the risk of an accident.
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`In contrast, the present invention provides an integrated display allowing the driver to
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`immediately ascertain both his speed and its relation to the prevailing speed limit.
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`Furthermore, the display of the present invention is not well known. The speedometer
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`display of Smith, Jr. (4,935,850) has a color segmentation filter plate that is fixed in
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`position (column 2, lines 31-32) and an interrupter plate that rotates in conjunction with
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`Friday, January 09. 2004 11:51 AM
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`To: Examiner Nina Tong
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`From‘ A E J Campbell, W5-243-1303
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`Page’ 9 of 13
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`Appl. No. 10/100,378
`Amdt. dated January 9, 2004
`Reply to Office action of October 3, 2003
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`the speedometer needle axis (column 2, lines 35-38). In contrast, the colored display of
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`the present invention adjusts independently of the speedometer by rotation of a colored
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`filter by the display controller (page 8, lines 14-17). In addition, the display of Smith, Jr.
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`has a fixed set of speeds at which the vehicle's driver is warned (column 2, lines 20-25)
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`that have no reference to the speed limit then prevailing at the vehicle's location and that
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`are limited to the vehicle's speed (column 2, lines 35-38). In contrast, the present
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`invention continuously updates the visual warnings provided to the driver regarding the
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`prevailing speed limit in response to the vehicle's location regardless of the vehicle's
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`speed.
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`Additional reasons militate in favor of unobviousness for claims 1, 11, and 20 as
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`amended, such as unsuggested combination. Specifically, the amended claims recite a
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`colored display to delineate which speed readings are in violation of the speed limit at a
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`vehicle's current location, a speedometer integrally attached to the colored display, and a
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`display controller connected to the colored display, wherein the display controller adjusts
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`the colored display independently of the speedometer to continuously update the
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`delineation of which speed readings are in violation of the speed limit at a vehicle's
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`present location. The cited and relied upon Awada does not have a speedometer
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`integrated with the speed limit display (column 2, lines 40-42 and Figures 1 and 4-6).
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`Awada does not disclose or suggest a speedometer integrally attached to the colored
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`display. The need for the prior art references themselves to suggest that they can be
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`combined is well known.
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`In regard to claims 1, 11, and 20 as amended, the combination of a colored
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`display to delineate which speed readings are in violation of the speed limit at a vehicle's
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`current location, a speedometer integrally attached to the colored display, and a display
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`controller connected to the colored display, wherein the display controller adjusts the
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`colored display independently ofthe speedometer to continuously update the delineation
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`of which speed readings are in violation of the speed limit at a vehicle's present location
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`was unsuggested among the prior art references. The need for the prior art references
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`PETITION ER FORD MOTOR COMPANY EX. 1007-9
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`PETITIONER FORD MOTOR COMPANY EX. 1007-9
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`Friday. January-09, 2004 11:51 AM
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`To: Examiner Nine Tong
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`From‘ A E J Campbell. 775-243-1303
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`Page: 10 of 13
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`Appl. No. 10/100,378
`Amdt. dated January 9, 2004
`Reply to Office action of October 3, 2003
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`themselves to suggest that they can be combined is well known. E.g., as stated in In re
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`Sernaker, 217 U.S.P.Q. 1, 6 (CAFC 1983):
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`“[P]rior art references in combination do not make an
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`invention obvious unless something in the prior art
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`references would suggest the advantage to be derived
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`from combining their teachings.”
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`The suggestion to combine the references should come from the prior art, rather
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`than from applicant. As was forcefully stated in Orthopedic Equipment Co. Inc. V.
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`United States, 217 U.S.P.Q. 193, 199 (CAFC 1983):
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`“It is wrong to use the patent in suit [here the patent
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`application] as a guide through the maze of prior art
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`references, combining the right references in the right
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`way to achieve the result of the claims in suit [here the
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`claims at issue]. Monday morning quarterbacking is quite
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`improper when resolving the question of nonobviousness
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`in a court oflaw [here the PTO].”
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`In the present case, there is no suggestion in the references themselves that they
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`can be combined. Thus, the applicant submits that any combination of Awada and Smith,
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`Jr. is an improper one, absent any showing in the references themselves that they can or
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`should be combined.
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`As was fiarther stated in Uniroyal, Inc. v. Rudldn-Wiley Corp, 5 U.S.P.Q. 2d
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`1434 (C.A.F.C 1988), “[w]here prior-art references require selective combination by the
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`court to render obvious a subsequent invention, there must be some reason for the
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`combination other than the hindsight gleaned from the invention itse1f.. ..Something in
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`PETITIONER FORD MOTOR COMPANY EX. 1007-10
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`PETITIONER FORD MOTOR COMPANY EX. 1007-10
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`Friday. January-D9, 2004 11:51 AM
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`To: Examiner Nina Tong
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`From: A E J Campbell, 775—243~‘lBO3
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`Page: 11 of ‘I3
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`Appl. No. 10/100,378
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`the prior art must suggest the desirability and thus the obviousness of making the
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`combination.”
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`The dependent claims 3-10, 12, 14-19, and 21-22 add additional novel features to
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`the independent claims recited above and thus are submitted to be a-fortiori, patentable.
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`Claim 3 recites the colored display being a liquid crystal display. Claim 4 recites the
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`colored display being a colored filter. Claim 5 recites the speedometer comprising a
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`needle, an axle having opposing ends with one end attached to the needle, and a
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`speedometer cable having opposing ends with one end attached to the axle. Claim 6
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`recites the speedometer further comprising a back plate, a plurality of speed denoting
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`markings affixed to the back plate, and a housing enclosing the back plate. Claim 7
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`recites the speedometer comprising a liquid crystal display. Claim 8 adds an electrically
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`conductive wire having opposing ends with one end connected to the display controller
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`and a speed limit locating device connected to the opposing end of the wire. Claim 9
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`recites the speed limit locating device comprising a global positioning receiver and a
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`database of locations and their corresponding speed limits which is accessible by the
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`display controller. Claim 10 recites the display controller further comprising a tone
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`generator. Claim 12 recites the global positioning system receiver further comprising a
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`database of locations and their corresponding speed limits. Claim 14 recites the colored
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`display being a liquid crystal display. Claim 15 recites the colored display being a
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`colored filter. Claim 16 recites the speedometer comprising a needle, an axle having
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`opposing ends with one end attached to the needle, and a speedometer cable having
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`opposing ends with one end attached to the axle. Claim 17 recites the speedometer
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`further comprising a back plate, a plurality of speed denoting markings affixed to the
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`back plate, and a housing enclosing the back plate. Claim 18 recites the speedometer
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`comprising a liquid crystal display. Claim 19 recites the display controller further
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`comprising a tone generator. Claim 21 adds the display controller rotating the colored
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`filter independently of the speedometer to continuously update the delineation of which
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`speed readings are in violation of the speed limit at a vehicle's present location. Claim 22
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`adds the display controller adjusting the liquid crystal display independently of the
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`To: Examiner Nina Tong
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`From: A E J Campbell, 775-243-1803
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`Page: 12 of 13
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`Appl. No. 10/100,378
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`speedometer to continuously update the delineation of which speed readings are in
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`violation of the speed limit at a vehicle's present location.
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`In View of the above, it is respectfully submitted that:
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`Claims 1, 3-12, and 14-22, as amended, recite distinctions that are of patentable
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`merit under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) and 35 U.S.C. 103(a) for the independent claims and thus
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`for each dependent claim as well. Specifically, a colored display to delineate which
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`speed readings are in violation of the speed limit at a vehicle's current location, a
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`speedometer integrally attached to the colored display, and a display controller connected
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`to the colored display, wherein the display controller adjusts the colored display
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`independently of the speedometer to continuously update the delineation of which speed
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`readings are in violation of the speed limit at a vehicle's present location was unsuggested
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`among the prior art references.
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`Friday. January 09. 2004
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`11751 AM
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`To: Examiner Nina Tong
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`From: A E J Campbell, 775-243-1303
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`Page: 13 of 13
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`Applicant respectfully requests that a timely Notice of Allowance be issued in this
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`CELSB.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`oeogl
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`Anthony Edw. J Campbell
`Reg. No. 39,619
`Customer No. 30,245
`Phone 512/306-0321
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`Attorney for Applicant
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`Date: January 9, 2004
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`Certificate of Facsimile
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`I hereby certify that this correspondence is being transmitted by fax to the United States Patent
`and Trademark Office on the date shown below.
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`Anthony Edw. J Campbell
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`eoeia
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`I-'n’a'ay, janua-»y 05', 2004
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