Appeal No. 2000-2074
Application 09/178,070
Representative independent claim 1 is present in the
application is reproduced as follows:
1. An identification system comprising:
Counterparts with electrical circuits in them; some of said
Counterparts are attached to things; a Counterpart, which has a
known identity, is within range of electromagnetic emissions from
some of the Counterparts attached to said things and it emits an
electromagnetic code which identifies the category the
Counterpart belongs in; and some of said other Counterparts start
to pulsate in unison because the emitted code matches their
category code thereby activating their inductive pulse circuits;
and following the category match the Counterpart with the known
identity emits a momentary irregularity in its pulsing emission;
after a varied number of pulses the said other Counterparts emit
irregularities in their inductively pulsing circuits; said
Counterpart of known identity is designed to receive emissions at
one particular pulse number following its emitted irregularity
and no other; and if said other Counterpart’s emitted
irregularity occurs at that one pulse number identity is
established by the reception of emissions to said Counterpart of
known identity after which the Counterparts have means to
indicate emissions have been sent and received, whereby
identification has been validated.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Katzenstein 4,752,776 Jun. 21, 1988
Reitboeck et al. (Reitboeck) 3,832,530 Aug. 27, 1974
Rejections at Issue
Claims 1-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Katzenstein in view of Reitboeck and that which
is known in the art.
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