Appeal 2007-0481
Application 10/654,049
output, the sensor comprising a pair of spaced apart carbon fiber strips
disposed on the housing; and
a processor disposed within the housing, the processor operable
responsive to receiving the sensor output to initiate a predefined
communication associated with receipt of the sensor output.
The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
appeal is:
Davis US 6,292,674 B1 Sep. 18, 2001
Naboulsi US 2004/0209594 A1 Oct. 21, 2004
Additional prior art cited by the Board
Kim US 4,503,416 Mar. 5, 1985
Claims 1-6, 8-10, and 13-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as
being obvious over Davis in view of Naboulsi.
Appellant contends that the claimed subject matter would not have
been obvious, in that the art cited by the Examiner does not teach a pair of
spaced apart carbon fiber strips disposed on the housing of a communication
device. The Examiner contends that the proposed combination of references
teaches all elements of the claimed invention.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellant or the Examiner, we
make reference to the Briefs and the Answer for their respective details.
Only those arguments actually made by Appellant have been considered in
this decision. Arguments that Appellant could have made but chose not to
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