Appeal No. 2002-0061 Page 2
Application No. 09/253,475
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claim.
1. A device for deterring the presence of an intruder in a protected
area comprising:
a source of a deterrent medium;
a valve for gating release of the deterrent medium from said
source;
an electronic circuit including a means for operating said valve;
means for switching the device to an electrically activated
condition;
means responsive to a motion detector in the protected area for
providing an electronic signal only while motion occurs in the protected
area; and
means responsive to said switching means and to said motion
detector responsive means for activating said electronic circuit during the
simultaneous occurrence of the device being in said electrically activated
condition and said electronic signal being provided to open said valve and
issue the deterrent medium from said source into the protected area.
Claims 1-5, 7-12, and 18-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious
over U.S. Patent No. 4,958,142 ("Sayers") and U.S. Patent No. 5,398,016 ("Burayez").
Claims 6, 13-15, and 17 stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over Sayers,
Burayez, and U.S. Patent No. 5,467,070 ("Drori"). Claim 16 stands rejected under
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