Appeal No. 1997-2149
Application No. 08/019,666
device on any surface or location on the vehicle." Again we
look to the claims. Claim 1 uses the alternative language
"rear, front or side windows of the vehicle" (emphasis added).
Thus, a reference need only satisfy one of the three
alternatives, or rather, disclose one location, to meet the
claims. Reiser meets the rear window alternative of the
claims. Therefore, appellants' argument is not persuasive.
Appellants also assert (Brief, page 4 and Reply Brief,
pages 4-5) that Reiser "does not claim the ability to display
multiple colors." Viewing appellants' pending claims, we find
no mention of color. Therefore, Reiser's red display is
sufficient to meet the claims.
Reiser's display is controlled by a CPU and memory (see
column 2, lines 22-24). Reiser states (column 4, lines 37-45)
that messages to be displayed by the LEDs are stored in the
memory and "[a] selected one of the individual messages is
extracted from memory by the control unit 16 under a command
received from a message selector 32 ... provided with a
keyboard having manually operable control buttons." Thus,
Reiser discloses the claimed computer and keyboard, as well as
the user's ability to enter a message as recited in claim 2.
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