Appeal No. 1997-2049
Application 08/431,130
Appellants’ invention pertains to a service tool (claims
3-18) and method (claim 19) for monitoring operation of a
vehicle and for diagnosing problems with the operation of the
vehicle. Independent claims 3 and 19, copies of which are
found in an appendix to appellants’ brief, are representative
of the appealed subject matter.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner in
support of a rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Boscove et al (Boscove) 4,796,206 Jan. 3,
1989
Abe et al (Abe) 4,975,847 Dec. 4,
1990
Claims 3-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Abe in view of Boscove.
Reference is made to appellants’ main and reply briefs
(Paper Nos. 13 and 15) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No.
14) for the respective positions of appellants and the
examiner regarding the merits of these rejections.
Opinion
Having carefully considered appellants’ specification and
claims, the teachings of the applied references, and the
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