Appeal No. 97-0655
Application 08/294,913
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Pease taken
alone.
With respect to this rejection, appellant has
indicated that claims 1 and 4 stand or fall together as one
group and claims 13-17 stand or fall together as a second
group [brief, page 4]. Therefore, we will consider this
rejection only with respect to independent claims 1 and 13.
With respect to independent claim 1, the examiner
observes that Pease discloses an alarm in which a non-audible
indicator displays the status of the alarm as well as the
position of the deadbolt. For purposes of this observation,
it should be noted that the non-audible indicator of Pease is
considered to be the flashing circuit 26 and light source 32
[answer, page 4]. The examiner also notes that the embodiment
of Pease’s invention shown in Figure 5 shows the use of a
magnet mounted in doorframe 80 for detecting the presence of
the deadbolt. Figure 5 of Pease illustrates that the magnet
80 is located in a recess of the door frame which is aligned
with the deadbolt lock assembly. The examiner also observes
that Pease discloses one deadbolt detector located in the lock
assembly (deadbolt mechanism 16) and a second deadbolt
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