Appeal No. 1999-2067
Application 08/911,064
Claims 5, 7, 8 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of
obviousness, the examiner relies upon Dennis in view of Hayward as to claim 27 with the
addition of Pidancet as to claims 5, 7, and 8.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the examiner, reference is
made to the brief and the answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We reverse.
Claim 27 in part requires a first multi-pin connector to connect with conventional
complementary bundles for powering the lamps. This claim also requires a second
connector for connecting to the multiplexed control signal conductors and also requires a
means for connecting a claimed electronic printing circuit board to the first multi-pin
connector.
Figures 8 and 9 of Dennis show multiplexed signal bus 54 and power bus 56 being
fed from a control module 40 to respective slave modules 41-53. Headlight clusters 60
are shown in Figure 9 to be connected to respective slave modules 41 and 42, where
Figures 10 and 11 show the details of the headlight assembly. The showings in these two
figures do not detail any connectors of the type required of claim 27 on appeal. Similarly,
for the taillight assembly 80 in Figures 12 through 14, which are taught to connect with
respective slave modules 43 and 44 of Figure 9, Figures 12 through 14 also do not detail
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