Appeal No. 2002-2067
Application No. 09/411,730
conventional remoteless key entry would appear to meet the
instant claimed limitations.
With regard to claim 17, the remote transmitter is
programmed to activate the door locks and, possibly certain
lights on the vehicle. As these are preset at the factory, the
actuation actuates “selected” ones of the electrical components,
those selected ones being the locks and/or lights selected at the
factory.
Accordingly, we will sustain the rejection of claims 1-4, 7,
8, 15 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e).
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 5, 10-14 and 18
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) because these claims require that the
electrical components be actuated through an actuation cycle
programmed into the electronic control device. The examiner
points to nothing within Doyle indicative of a programmed
actuation sequence for the vehicle electrical components,
relying, instead, on inherency (answer-page 6). However, we find
nothing inherent about programming an electronic control device
on a vehicle with an actuation sequence for a plurality of
vehicle electrical components so that these components may be
tested.
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