Appeal No. 2000-0917 Page 2
Application No. 09/104,763
We REVERSE.
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a portable audio
entertainment apparatus containing separately carried signal
and sound producing portions. Claim 1, the sole independent
claim on appeal reads as follows:
A method of operating a vehicle, comprising:
providing an audio system having a signal producing
portion and a sound producing portion;
carrying the sound producing portion on the vehicle;
wearing the signal producing portion on a person;
and
coupling the signal producing portion to drive the
sound producing portion while the signal producing
portion is being worn on the person.
A copy of the claims 2, 3 and 5 to 11 is set forth in the
appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Curley, Jr. 4,500,019 Feb. 19, 1985
(Curley)
Villanueva et al. 4,756,454 July 12, 1988
(Villanueva)
Dixon 4,856,364 Aug. 15, 1989
Rogowski 4,981,243 Jan. 1, 1991
Davis 5,426,570 June 20, 1995
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