Appeal 2006-2983
Application 10/733,957
of the airbag based on input from height sensors (120, 121, 122) and weight sensor
(200) (Breed, col. 12, ll. 23-29). Breed describes that the control module (150) of
Figure 1, used to control the deployment of the airbag, is the same control module
(150) of Figure 1, used to control seat stiffness (Breed, col. 11, ll. 33-41 and col. 9,
ll. 45-47).
We find that a person skilled in the art as of the filing date of Breed would
have understood, based on the disclosure of Breed, that the Appellants were in
possession of the invention of claims 60, 65, and 66, because Breed describes an
airbag (900) arranged in a vehicle to protect the occupant of the vehicle, a seat
having a seat portion, a bladder (515) defining a chamber in the seat portion, a
control module (150) that controls deployment of the airbag (900), and a pressure
sensor (560) for measuring a pressure in the chamber, generating a signal based on
the measured pressure, and providing that signal to the control module (150).
Based on our findings of Breed’s disclosure, we further find that a person
skilled in the art as of the filing date of Breed would have understood that the
Appellants were in possession of the invention of claims 62 and 64, because Breed
describes arranging a bladder (515) defining a chamber in the seat portion of a
vehicle, measuring a pressure in the chamber using a pressure sensor (560),
providing a signal based on the measured pressure in the chamber to a control
module (150), and controlling deployment of an airbag (900) by means of the
control module (150).
We further find that a person skilled in the art as of the filing date of Breed
would have understood that the Appellants were in possession of the invention of
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