Appeal No. 1998-0625
Application No. 08/570,605
display screens. Since Hutchison powers the display and
control unit
using the vehicle battery (column 5, lines 8-11), it would
have been obvious to include a dc/ac inverter for providing
the necessary wattage. Accordingly, claim 3 would have been
obvious over Hutchison in view of Fahs.
CONCLUSION
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 and 2
under 35 U.S.C. § 102 is reversed. The decision of the
examiner rejecting claim 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
A new ground of rejection of claims 1 through 3 under 35
U.S.C. § 103 has been added pursuant to provisions of 37 CFR §
1.196(b).
This decision contains a new ground of rejection pursuant
to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec. 1, 1997, by final
rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53131, 53197 (Oct. 10, 1997), 1203
Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 63, 122 (Oct. 21, 1997)). 37 CFR §
1.196(b) provides that, "[a] new ground of rejection shall not
be considered final for purposes of judicial review."
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