Appeal No. 95-0005
Application 08/141,412
means for transmitting an interrogation
signal across a single inductive coupling
permitting bidirectional communication
between a meter transponder and the
interrogator, said interrogation signal
including a clock signal,
means for receiving signals representative
of utility consumption data,
a meter transponder comprising;
register means coupled to a utility meter,
for providing consumption signals
representing utility consumption data,
signal processing means comprising;
means for accessing said register means to
obtain said consumption signals, means for
modulating said consumption signals in
accordance with said clock signal to
generate consumption signals representing
said utility consumption data, means for
transmitting said consumption signals to
said interrogator across said single
inductive coupling,
whereby said interrogator means for
receiving further includes means for
demodulating said consumption signals to
determine said utility consumption data.
Opinion
We do not sustain the rejection of claims 44-50 as being
unpatentable over Lapsley, Tolson, and White, as is stated and
explained by the examiner on this record. This reversal,
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