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`Seth Alan Woolley
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`2960
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: Navigation Lane Guidance
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`Yes
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`- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet wit/7 the correspondence address-
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
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`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
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`1.. This communication is responsive to the Terminal Disclaimer filed 12/3/2019.
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`restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3668
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`2D Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
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`3C] Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
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`5. D Examiner's Amendment/Comment
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`Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Status of Claims
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`Claims 1-20 were originally filed.
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`Claims 1-20 are pending and allowed.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 1-20 are allowed over the prior art of record and by way of Terminal Disclaimer filing.
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`The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
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`The closest prior art of record is Arie US 2011/084641 (”Arie”).
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`Arie discloses a system and method for navigating a vehicle using lane specific guidance. The
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`system of Arie predicts a navigation route along the route the driver is traveling to forecast the future
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`turns. Arie then uses the future turning guidance points to calculate the optimal lane to be in on the
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`current road so that the upcoming turns are safely navigated. Arie then displays the optimal lane to the
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`driver.
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`As to independent claims 1, 9, and 17, the prior art of record fails to teach or suggest the
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`following claimed subject matter:
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`”...cletermir2ing a score for the lane basee’ at feast in part or; an estimated ievei
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`of trafificfer the iene along the navigation route;
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`responsive to determinireg that e difi'erenee between at least two of the scores it
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`within a threshold, seieeting a different lane 0f the piureh‘ty of [trees of the curreret reed
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`segmeretfer the sewne‘ vehieie to travel.”
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`Claims 2-8 depend on allowable claim 1, claims 10-16 depend on allowable claim 9, and claims
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`18-20 depend on allowable claim 17 and are, therefore, allowable.
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`/Thomas Ingram/
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