Ex Parte Gutta et al - Page 1




                         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                                      publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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  SRINIVAS GUTTA, MIROSLAV TRAJKOVIC and                                                   
                                                ANTONIO COLMENAREZ JR.                                                              
                                                      Appeal No. 2006-1782                                                          
                                                   Application No.  09/879,698                                                      
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                                                            ON BRIEF                                                                
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               Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.                                               
               HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                               

                       This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 21.                                           
                       The disclosed invention relates to an apparatus for detecting an approaching                                 
               emergency/law enforcement vehicle from a secondary vehicle.                                                          
                       Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:                                   
                       1.  An apparatus for detecting an approaching emergency/law enforcement vehicle from a                       
               secondary vehicle, the apparatus comprising:                                                                         
                       at least one camera mounted on the secondary vehicle;                                                        
                       a display surface mounted inside an interior of the secondary vehicle for displaying                         
               video image data from the at least one camera;                                                                       

                       at least one of a pan, tilt, and zoom motor operatively connected to the at least one                        





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