The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte Ford Global Technologies, LLC
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Appeal No. 2006-0743
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,6901
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ON BRIEF
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Before MARTIN, HANLON, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of appellant’s
claims 1-3 and 7-24, all of the claims subject to reexamination.
The claims on appeal are directed to a system for detecting the presence of a breathing
individual within a trunk of a vehicle (claims 1-3, 7-11, 17 and 18), a method for detecting the
presence of a child within a trunk of a vehicle (claims 12-14 and 19-21) and an assembly for
detecting the presence of an individual within a trunk of a vehicle (claims 15, 16 and 22-24).
1 This reexamination proceeding involves U.S. Patent No. 6,130,614 which issued on
October 10, 2000. Application 09/437,648 matured into U.S. Patent No. 6,130,614 and was filed
on November 10, 1999.
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