Appeal No. 97-2403
Application No. 08/337,806
position the switch 16 in the play function and passively
reproduce an audio message in response to ignition switch
operation."
Appellant argues (Brief, page 4) that:
Moreover, reproduction of a message requires
actuation of start button 20 when switch 16 has been
moved to the play mode. There is no teaching or
motivation in the Zwern reference that the start
button should be removed.
We agree with appellant that Zwern does not disclose
passive reproduction of an audio message upon closure of the
ignition switch. Thus, the obviousness rejection of claims 1
and 8 through 10 is reversed.
The obviousness rejection of claims 4 through 6 is
reversed because Franklin’s "digital clock 221 [sic, 22i] and
timed message circuit 22 in figure 4 for current time
designation and periodic time designation" (Answer, page 6)
neither teaches nor would have suggested "the omission of
triggering" by start button 20 that is clearly required for
playback by Zwern (Brief, page 6).
The obviousness rejection of claim 7 is reversed because
Kawasaki’s teaching of repeatedly reproducing a message
(Abstract; column 1, lines 17 through 21) does not cure the
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