Appeal No. 2002-1328
Application 08/970,883
no reasonable suggestion, based on the teachings of the
references only, as to why the artisan would have been motivated
to implement the three claimed functions based on a single
emergency key as claimed. As far as the applied references are
concerned, there is no interrelationship between the three
functions. There would, therefore, appear to be no reason to use
the same emergency key to activate all three functions when they
have no apparent relationship within the applied prior art.
In summary, the decision of the examiner rejecting claims
7 and 9 is reversed.
REVERSED
JERRY SMITH )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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STUART S. LEVY ) BOARD OF PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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