Appeal 2006-2295
Application 10/215,274
receiver operates to determine the angular position of an associated
authorization device relative to the receiver which permits the determination
of the appropriate vehicle closure or closures to open. The determination of
additional closures to open is also permitted in accordance with
predetermined criteria based on the period of time for which an input signal
is received from the authorization device. (Specification 2-3).
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. An access control system for a vehicle having at least two
closures, the system being controllable by an authorization device,
comprising:
a receiver that receives an input signal from the authorization device
and detects an angular position of the authorization device relative to the
receiver; and
a controller that determines which one of said at least two closures to
open and that determines at least one additional closure of said at least two
closures to be opened in accordance with predetermined criteria
corresponding to change in the length of the duration of the input signal.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Talty US 5,532,709 Jul. 2, 1996
Sydor US 5,619,215 Apr. 8, 1997
Lambropoulos US 5,774,064 Jun. 30, 1998
Honda JP 2-164988 June 25, 1990
Seubert GB 2,333,388 A Jul. 21, 1999
Claims 1-22, all of the appealed claims, stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a). As evidence of obviousness, the Examiner offers Talty in
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