Appeal No. 2004-1598
Application No. 09/250,878
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A method for initializing a theft protection system of
an automobile, which comprises:
sending a starting signal to a central control unit,
for initiating an initialization;
transmitting a challenge signal from the central
control unit over a data line;
sending identification code signals to the central
control unit from control units connected to the data line
and answering the challenge signal;
providing at least one of the control units as an
electronically coded plug part containing small electronics,
and pluggably and releasably connecting the coded plug part
to the data line in a location in the automobile being
difficult to find; and
storing all of the identification code signals or
information regarding all of the answering control units in
the central control unit as belonging to the theft
protection system, for requesting identification code
signals from all of the control units and checking them as
to authorization, during future authentication operations.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Posner et al. (Posner) 5,254,842 Oct. 19, 1993
Bachhuber (Bachhuber ‘490) 5,675,490 Oct. 7, 1997
Bachhuber (Bachhuber ‘329) 5,796,329 Aug. 18, 1998
(filed Jul. 22, 1996)
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Bachhuber ‘329 and Posner.
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