Appeal No. 2004-0388
Application No. 09/749,620
1. A defibrillator system, comprising:
a defibrillator; and
at least one audible indicator connected to the defibrillator for
generating an audible indication of a functional status of the
defibrillator in response to a real-time user-triggered inquiry.
7. The defibrillator system according to claim 1, wherein the
audible indicator generates words to indicate status.
THE REFERENCES
Tacker, Jr. et al. (Tacker) 6,006,132 Dec. 21, 1999
Owen et al. (Owen) 6,148,233 Nov. 14, 2000
Olson et al. (Olson) 6,366,809 Apr. 2, 2002
(filed Apr. 8, 1998)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 10-15, 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Owen. The claims stand rejected
as being obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows: claims 2, 16,
17, 20 and 22 over Owen in view of Olson; claims 6-9, 16 and 22
over Owen in view of Tacker; and claims 1, 2, 6-20 and 22 over
Olson in view of Owen and Tacker.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejections. Under 37 CFR
§ 1.196(b) we enter a new ground of rejection of claims 1, 7, 10-
14, 16, 18, 20 and 22. Regarding the reversed rejections, we
need to address only the sole independent claim, i.e., claim 1.
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