Appeal 2007-1844
Application 10/012,200
The Invention
Appellants invented a vehicle multimedia system having multiple
transceivers for communicating over a communication medium.
(Specification 1).
An understanding of the invention can be derived from exemplary
independent claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. A multimedia unit for use in a vehicle multimedia system that
includes a plurality of multimedia units connected to a ring-shaped
bus, said multimedia unit comprising a plurality a transceiver units
configured to communicate over the ring-shaped bus, wherein said
multimedia unit includes a network controller that controls the
communication of said plurality of transceiver units over the ring-
shaped bus.
In rejecting the claims on appeal, the Examiner relies upon the
following prior art:
Murakami US 6,414,941 B1 Jul. 02, 2002
Filed Apr. 20, 1999
The Examiner rejects the claims on appeal as follows:
Claims 1 through 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Murakami.
Appellants contend that Murakami does not render claims 1 through
14 unpatentable. Particularly, Appellants contend that Murakami does not
teach or suggest a multimedia unit that comprises a plurality of transceiver
units, as recited in independent claims 1, 11, and 13. (Br.6, Reply Br. 2). In
response, the Examiner contends that Murakami’s teaching of a network
node which comprises a first transceiver unit in the form of a
receiver/transmitter means, and the network node further comprising a
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