Appeal No. 1998-2379
Application No. 08/315,942
electromagnetic radiation such as microwave energy or
police radar energy (Abstract).
As motivation for combining the teachings of Martin
and Andrews, the examiner states that “[i]t would have
been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at
the time the invention was made to use the basic radar
components of Martin et al. and also that EAS markers are
conventionally used with radar systems, since Martin et
al. provide for ‘reliable solid-state transmitters’ in c.
1, lines 10-20, and for improved ‘radar range coverage’
in the abstract, and because Andrews provides for a radar
anti-theft system
in the abstract, and for easily attachable EAS devices
and for their deactivation in c. 1, lines 5-23.”
(Answer, pages 3-4).
The examiner cited Tuteur and Frisch because they
employ wavelet transforms in the use of signal detection.
According to the examiner (answer, page 6), “[i]t would
have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art
at the time the invention was made to use the wavelet
transform of Tuteur, since he provides for adaptively
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