Appeal No. 1998-2933
Application 08/439,082
of a plurality of digital bits comprising only one of
logical one and logical zero information; and
a signal receiver for receiving said remote control
signal, said signal receiver including:
a signal processing unit for processing said
received remote control signal; and
a control unit for controlling a receptive state
of said signal receiver in response to the processed
remote control signal, and for monitoring the active
condition of at least one sensor mounted on said
vehicle;
wherein said control unit detects a transmission
of said remote control signal from said portable
transmitter by identifying the idling information
supplied from said signal processing unit.
The Examiner's rejection relies on the admitted prior art
(APA), specifically, Appellant's figures 7 and 8, described in
the Background of the Invention (specification, pages 1-8),
and the comparison of the prior art to the present invention
(specification, page 17, lines 6-22, and page 18, lines
22-25), and the following prior art:2
The Examiner's Answer cites Nicholas et al.2
(Nicholas), U.S. Patent 5,193,210, issued March 9, 1993, as
one of the references relied upon in the rejection of the
claims on appeal. However, we find no mention of Nicholas in
the statement of the rejection in either the Final Rejection
or the Examiner's Answer and, thus, it will not be considered.
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