Appeal No. 2002-2067
Application No. 09/411,730
operates certain vehicle devices, e.g., door locks, in a
conventional manner. Additionally, Doyle’s remote control
transmitter has another function and that is to run diagnostic
tests on functions of the remote transmitter itself. It does not
run diagnostic tests of vehicle components, as contemplated by
the instant invention. This is made clear at every portion of
Doyle cited by the examiner as evidence of diagnostic analysis of
electrical components. At column 2, lines 56-67, Doyle discloses
that the receiver unit (located in the vehicle) provides a
diagnostic report, but the report is provided to the transmitter
key fob.
At column 4, lines 19-30, Doyle discloses a command request
from the transmitter key fob, this command request locking or
unlocking the vehicle doors in a conventional manner, and a
diagnostic signal transmission request, wherein a controller
polls internal systems 56, such as the fault status of command
switches 62, battery charge condition 58 and general circuit
conditions and records the results of the polling 62. We note
that all of this diagnosis relates to switches on the key fob,
battery condition of the key fob remote transmission device and
general circuit conditions in the key fob remote transmission
device. The information is gathered at the remote device and
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