Appeal No. 2002-1784
Application No. 09/583,333 Page 7
find that bus 24 is made up of a plurality of serial busses, each
connecting to a controlled device. Dery further discloses (col.
8, lines 4-10) that when a match is found between function
components in the list of function components that could be
generated and the function components in the digital signal
received from the transmitter, the microprocessor generates a
unique command signal that either opens or closes a circuit in
the vehicle wiring in order to bring the selected component into
the desired operative state. In addition, Dery discloses (col.
6, lines 27-29) that the microprocessor generates control signals
on bus 24 to the components that are controlled.
From the disclosure of Dery, we find that the command or
control signals will include control data, in order to operate
the controlled device. We are not persuaded by appellant’s
assertion (brief, page 9) that in Dery, "there is simply no
address information that needs to be sent over the conventional
point-to-point wiring circuits 31 of the so-called 'bus' 24."
From our review of Dery, we disagree, and find that address
information needs to be included in order for the information to
be sent to the correct controlled device. Otherwise, a different
item (see the list of controlled devices in figure 2) could be
operated instead of the device intended. Thus, we find that Dery
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