Appeal No. 96-1659
Application 08/166,931
including a slave siren operative to sound an alarm in the
presence of smoke; and (iii) by not including a battery; and
a third set of conductors connecting each set of slave
input/output terminals with each other set of slave
input/output terminals as well as with the set of master
input/output terminals.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Kabat et al. (Kabat) 4,429,299 Jan. 31,
1984
Iwata 4,468,655 Aug. 28,
1984
Ferguson et al. (Ferguson) 4,673,920 June 16,
1987
Watkins 4,731,810 Mar. 15,
1988
Claims 35-49, 53 and 55-68 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, for failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the invention. Claims 35-41,
44-46 and
49-55 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the teachings of Ferguson in view of
Watkins. Claims 42, 43, 47 and 48 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatent-able over Ferguson and Watkins in
view of Iwata. Finally, claims 56-68 stand rejected under 35
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