Appeal No. 1998-2375
Application 08/512,065
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. An anti-theft device for disabling a moving vehicle comprising, a vehicle control
unit mounted on said vehicle, said vehicle control unit having a first condition allowing
operation of said vehicle and a second condition inhibiting operation of said vehicle,
determining means for determining the rate of movement of said vehicle, transmitter
means to be carried by an authorized operator of said vehicle, means for sensing the
presence of said transmitter means in the vicinity of said vehicle, and means including said
determining means responsive to said sensing means sensing that said transmitter means
is removed from the vicinity of said vehicle for shifting said vehicle control unit into said
second condition upon one of accelerating and decelerating movement of said vehicle
through a predetermined rate of movement.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Weber 4,452,197 June 5, 1984
McShane 5,444,430 Aug. 22, 1995
(filing date Jan. 4, 1993)
Girotto WO 92/02911 Feb. 20, 1992
Claims 1 through 13, 15 and 17 through 58 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon McShane in view of Weber,
further in view of Girotto.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the examiner, reference is
made to the brief and reply brief for appellants' positions, and to the final rejection and
answer for the examiner's positions.
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