Appeal No. 2003-1510
Application No. 09/463,109
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to structure for preventing theft of a motor vehicle
accessory, such as a radio. Claim 7, the sole independent claim, is reproduced below.
7. An arrangement for providing theft protection for a motor vehicle
accessory having a codable theft protection device, comprising:
an enclosing device, the enclosing device being at least one of activated
and deactivated via an immobilizer of a control system of a drive mechanism of
the motor vehicle, wherein the immobilizer is part of a drive lock system.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Squires et al. (Squires) 5,184,489 Feb. 9, 1993
Claims 7-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Squires.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 9) and the Examiner’s Answer (Paper
No. 15) for a statement of the examiner’s position and to the Brief (Paper No. 14) and
the Reply Brief (Paper No. 16) for appellant’s position with respect to the claims which
stand rejected.
OPINION
We reverse the rejection of independent claim 7, and the claims which
incorporate the limitations of claim 7, for the reasons expressed by appellant in the
briefs.
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