Appeal 2007-0205
Application 09/812,302
all of the limitations of their base claim and any intervening claims.1 We have
jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
Appellants invented a pest control device to detect and exterminate
one or more selected species of pest. A number of such devices having
wireless communication capabilities are interrogated to gather data from the
pest control devices (Specification 2). The interrogation may be in a hand-
held form configured to individually establish wireless communications with
each of the pest control devices (id.). An understanding of the invention can
be derived from a reading of representative independent claims 1 and 50 and
claims 2, 4, 31, and 68, which are reproduced as follows:
1. A method, comprising:
installing a pest control device including a communication
circuit; and
locating the pest control device after installation by receiving a
wireless transmission from the pest control device.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the pest control device is
one of a plurality of pest control devices placed at least partially
in the ground about a building during said installing, the pest
control devices each including a passive RF transmitter
configured to transmit a unique identifier in response to an
interrogation signal from a hand-held interrogator.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said locating includes
sending an interrogation signal to the transmitter of the pest
control device with an interrogator and receiving an
identification signal from the pest control device in response to
the interrogation signal.
1 Claims 11, 14, 15, 27, 28, 32, 35, 61, and 70 have been indicated to be
allowable in the Examiner’s Answer (Answer 12).
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