Appeal No. 97-2403
Application No. 08/337,806
Claims 1 and 8 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Zwern.
Claims 4 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Zwern in view of Franklin.
Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Zwern in view of Kawasaki.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
All of the rejections are reversed.
Zwern discloses that fused 12 volt power from the
vehicle’s ignition system is converted to 5 volts only when
the ignition switch is in the on or start position (column 6,
lines 34 through 38). During the supplying of power, "the
invention’s function depends on the position of the
live/play/record switch 16" (column 6, lines 52 through 55).
"When in the play mode, the invention plays back a single
phrase each time start button 20 is pressed . . ." (column 7,
lines 39 through 41).
According to the examiner (Answer, page 5), "it would
have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art to
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