Appeal No. 2001-2019
Application No. 08/996,567 Page 2
Appellants' invention relates to a building alarm system
with synchronized strobes. An understanding of the invention can
be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is
reproduced as follows:
1. A method of synchronizing audible alarms and visual
strobes comprising:
connecting the audible alarms and visual strobes to common
power lines and applying a voltage through the common power
lines; and
thereafter, changing the voltage on the power lines to
control timing of the audible alarms and visual strobes.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Markl 4,329,677 May 11, 1982
Kollin 4,365,238 Dec. 21, 1982
Right 4,499,453 Feb. 12, 1985
Tigwell et al. 4,620,190 Oct. 28, 1986
(Tigwell)
Berry, III 4,881,058 Nov. 14, 1989
Claims 1, 2, 5-7, 11, and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Berry, III in view of Markl.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Berry, III in view of Markl and Tigwell.
Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Berry, III in view of Markl, Tigwell, and
Kollin.
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