Appeal No. 1997-0199
Application No. 08/199,480
power supply means, mounted on the substrate, for
supplying electrical power to the integrated circuit chip and
the sensor means; and
antenna means, mounted on the substrate and connected to
the receiver means and the transmitter means, for
communicating an interrogation signal from the remote source
to the receiver means and for communicating a signal from the
transmitter means to the remote source;
the memory responsive to the processor for storing the
output signal from the sensor means at the predetermined
times.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Griffiths et al. (Griffiths) 3,613,075 Oct.
12, 1971
Dunn et al. (Dunn) 4,911,217 Mar. 27,
1990
Higgs et al. (Higgs) 5,061,917 Oct. 29,
1991
Bowler et al. (Bowler) 5,231,872 Aug. 03,
1993
Claims 1-6, 9-16, 22-27, 30-36, and 43-47 stand finally
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Higgs in view of Dunn and Bowler. Claims 7, 8, 17-21, 28, 29,
and 37-42 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
Higgs in view of Dunn and Bowler and further in view of
Griffiths. 2
2The Examiner’s statement of the grounds of rejection in
the Answer does not include Bowler as a reference being relied
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