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                Appeal 2007-1535                                                                                 
                Application 10/626,969                                                                           
                                                                                                                
                address information for causing said alarm indicator to generate a pre-                          
                warning indication based upon the pre-warning signal, or for causing said                        
                alarm indicator to generate an alarm indication based upon the alarm signal.                     

                       The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show                         
                unpatentability:                                                                                 
                Hwang ‘697                 US 5,084,697                Jan. 28, 1992                             
                Hwang ‘407                 US 5,216,407                Jun. 1, 1993                              
                Nykerk                     US 5,315,285                May 24, 1994                              
                Suman                      US 5,469,298                Nov. 21, 1995                             
                Issa                       US 5,990,786                Nov. 23, 1999                             
                Boreham                    US 6,005,478                Dec. 21, 1999                             

                       In addition, we rely on the following additional prior art references to                  
                show unpatentability in a new grounds of rejection under 37 C.F.R.                               
                § 41.50(b):                                                                                      
                Appellant’s admitted prior art in ¶¶ 0006-0012 of the Specification.                             
                Voss, Wolfgang et al., In-Vehicle Data Bus Systems - The Key for New                             
                Concepts in Comfort and Convenience Electronics, Int’l Cong. & Expo.,                            
                SAE Int’l, Detroit, MI, Feb. 26-29, 1996 (“Voss”).3                                              
                Leen, Gabriel et al., Expanding Automotive Electronic Systems, IEEE                              
                Computer, Vol. 35, Issue 1, pp. 88-93, Jan. 2002, available at                                   
                http://wotan.liu.edu/docis/lib/goti/rclis/dbl/ieecom/(2002)35%253A1%253C                         
                88%253AEAES%253E/www.cs.umd.edu%252Fclass%252Fspring2002%25                                      


                                                                                                                
                3 This reference was previously made of record.  See Information Disclosure                      
                Statement filed Mar 8, 2004.                                                                     
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