Appeal 2007-1535
Application 10/626,969
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellant appeals under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner’s
rejection of claims 1-8 and 12-40. Claims 9-11 have been indicated as
containing allowable subject matter (Supp. Answer 2). We have jurisdiction
under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We reverse. However, we enter new grounds of
rejection under 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b).
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellant invented a vehicle security system with a sensor that can
generate a pre-warning signal or an alarm signal depending on a sensed
threat level. The security system can be interfaced with a vehicle data
communications bus that extends throughout the vehicle.2 Claim 1 is
illustrative:
1. A vehicle security system for a vehicle of a type comprising a
vehicle data communications bus extending throughout the vehicle and
connected to a plurality of vehicle devices, the data communications bus
carrying data and address information thereover, the vehicle security system
comprising:
at least one vehicle security sensor interfacing with the vehicle data
communications bus extending throughout the vehicle and carrying data and
address information for generating a pre-warning signal or an alarm signal
depending upon a sensed threat level;
an alarm indicator; and
a vehicle security controller interfacing with the vehicle data
communications but extending throughout the vehicle and carrying data and
2 See generally Specification ¶¶ 0013-14.
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