Appeal No. 1997-0199
Application No. 08/199,480
The claimed invention relates to an active integrated
circuit transponder mounted in or on a vehicle tire for
sensing and transmitting vehicle tire condition parameters to
a remote location. More particularly, Appellants indicate at
pages 4-6 of the specification that, on receipt of an
interrogation signal from a remote source, tire parameter
sensors are activated and the transponder transmits an encoded
radio frequency signal to the remote source containing encoded
data representations of the sensed tire parameters.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. In combination with a vehicle tire, a transponder for
sensing, storing and transmitting vehicle tire condition
parameter data comprising:
a substrate mountable on a vehicle tire;
an integrated circuit chip mounted on the substrate, the
integrated circuit chip including a processor, a memory, a
receiver means connected to the processor for receiving an
interrogation signal from a remote source, and a transmitter
means connected to the processor for transmitting a signal
containing data representative of the sensed tire condition
parameter to a remote source;
sensor means, mounted on the substrate, for sensing a
tire parameter at predetermined times when electrical power is
applied to the sensor means, and for generating an output
signal to the processor representative of the sensed tire
parameter at each predetermined time;
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