Appeal No. 2002-2067
Application No. 09/411,730
outside of the vehicle to make a visual inspection of the
components.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of actuating electrical components of a vehicle
for performing diagnostic analysis on the electrical components,
said method comprising:
relaying a signal from a remote transmitter to a receiver
aboard a vehicle;
actuating a plurality of electrical components on the
vehicle in response to the signal from the transmitter; and
visually inspecting the actuation of said plurality of
electrical components from the location of said remote
transmitter.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Wallace 5,684,337 Nov. 4, 1997
Ostermann et al. (Ostermann) 5,798,576 Aug. 25, 1998
Doyle et al. (Doyle) 5,850,188 Dec. 15, 1998
Traub 6,265,878 Jul. 24, 2001
(filed Oct. 2, 1998)
Claims 1-5, 7, 8 and 10-18 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by Doyle. Claims 6, 9, 16 and
19-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of
obviousness, the examiner cites Doyle in view of either one of
Ostermann or Wallace with regard to claims 6, 9 and 16; with
regard to claims 19-21, the examiner cites Doyle and Traub.
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