Ex Parte Lee et al - Page 5

               Appeal 2007-0638                                                                            
               Application 09/933,655                                                                      


               3.  ANTICIPATION BY FERNANDEZ                                                               
                      Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated                
               by Fernandez.  The Examiner argues that the controller of Fernandez                         
               constitutes the mobile terminal of claim 1 (Answer 3).  In particular, the                  
               Examiner argues that Fernandez “discloses in column 8, lines 20-22, that the                
               controller is implemented in a portable computer, thus indicating the                       
               controller is mobile,” and that “a request is received from the mobile                      
               terminal, or controller, for initiating a surveillance sequence” (id. at 9).                
                      We conclude that the Examiner has set forth a prima facie case that                  
               claims 1 and 2 are anticipated by Fernandez.  Fernandez describes a system                  
               for monitoring movable objects (Fernandez, col. 1, ll. 33-36) at, e.g., a                   
               carrier transit site (id. at col. 4, ll. 3-10).                                             
                      The system includes four basic elements:  a target unit associated with              
               a mobile object (id. at col. 5, ll. 36-38), detectors for detecting the target unit         
               (id. at col. 5, ll. 46-52), a controller, and a network.  The controller is                 
               preferably coupled to the network (id. at col. 2, ll. 22-27).  Using the                    
               controller, a user may request surveillance of a location or object (id. at col.            
               6, ll. 59-63).                                                                              
                      The network also couples to the detectors and to a communicator for                  
               communicating to target units (id. at col. 3, ll. 16-22).  The detectors may be             
               digital imagers or video capture devices (col. 4, ll. 22-25).  The detectors                
               “may be coupled to a control mechanism for adjusting detector operation,                    
               such as focus, tilt, [and] pan” (id. at col. 4, ll. 57-59).                                 
                      The controller can determine the position of a target unit through the               
               network (id. at col. 7, ll. 32-35).  The controller coordinates remote                      

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