Appeal No. 2003-0287
Application No. 09/034,963
2), and the conventional key fob remote transmitter 20 is the only
portion of the Suman system that uses a wireless communication
technique to make contact with the vehicle (Figure 1).
Sollestre uses a key fob transmitter T that can be placed in a
programming mode by depressing certain function keys on the key fob
for a minimum period of time (column 2, lines 56 through 62; column
8, lines 11 through 18). The programming mode is used by Sollestre
to reprogram the receiver R so that it will accept signals from a
different transmitter (Abstract). The key fob in Sollestre makes
use of standard unlock, lock and panic buttons (Figure 1), and does
not use switches that maintain a set switch position “until a
different switch position is manually set by a user” as claimed by
appellant.
With respect to the teachings of Grossheim, we agree with the
appellant’s argument (brief, pages 11 and 12) that the personal
computer programmer 105 referenced by the examiner (answer, page 6)
is connected to the security system via a serial interface cable
(column 14, line 56 through column 15, line 3), and does not use
wireless technology.
In summary, the obviousness rejection is reversed because we
agree with the appellant’s arguments (brief, pages 12 and 13) that
the applied references “fail to teach or even suggest a portable
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