Appeal No. 1998-2933
Application 08/439,082
Claims 11-20
Claim 11 does not recite that the idling information
comprises a plurality of digital bits.
Claim 11 recites that "said control unit detects a
transmission of said remote control signal by identifying said
idling information" (emphasis added) which is similar to the
limitation discussed in connection with claim 1 which is
missing from the combination of the APA and Suman.
In addition, claim 11 recites "wherein the signal
processing unit does not include an electric field detector."
The Examiner concludes that this would have been obvious
because "the skilled artisan would have readily recognized
that it is not necessary for the prior art system to include
an electric field detector if the detection is based on
detecting the idling information, i.e. start bits" (EA6).
However, the Examiner has not established that Suman performs
detection of transmission based on identifying the start bit,
so as to provide the necessary motivation to eliminate the
electric field detector in the APA.
Because the combination of the APA and Suman does not
suggest that "said control unit detects a transmission of said
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