Appeal No. 2002-1470 Page 7
Application No. 09/490,192
appellant intended to refer to a data communication bus for
controlling vehicle devices, such as the engine, in addition to
the vehicle alerting system, claim 1 as broadly drafted, reads on
the data communications bus 64 within the controller 34 of
Grossheim.
As shown in figure 2 of Grossheim, bus 64 communicates data
from the alarm sensors (via data latch 66) and microprocessor 60,
to data latches 76, 78, and 80, which, through interface 88,
connect to pager 56. As data bus 64 is within controller 34, it
inherently extends within vehicle 12, as advanced by the
examiner. Grossheim further discloses (col. 10, lines 47-55)
that:
a paging unit 56 may optionally be connected to
the control unit 34 to provide remote paging
capabilities should a violation be detected.
Such paging unit 56 transmits a prescribed signal,
through antenna 58, to a remote receiver (not shown)
in order to signal the alarm condition. The remote
receiver is typically carried by the owner and emits
a beeping sound when being paged, thereby notifying
the owner that a violation has occurred.
Because the pager transmits a signal through antenna 58 to a
remote receiver (not shown), which is typically carried by the
owner, we find that Grossheim includes a paging controller to
control the transmitting of the alarm signals. In addition,
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