Appeal 2007-3131
Application 10/716,121
the wireless tire monitor signal according to the signal format indicated by
the particular stored manufacturer code. (Specification 7:28 to 8:10).
9. In either the first or the second embodiment, the monitor is
deemed “universal” by the Applicants, because the monitor is not configured
specially to operate only according to the format requirements of a single
TPM system but is capable of operating according to any of a number of
signal formats specified by a program signal. (Specification 8:11-15).
10. In the Summary of the Invention portion of the specification,
the Applicants describes, evidently in connection with the first disclosed
embodiment, that the monitor comprises “a storage device for storing a
plurality of codes, each code comprising at least a data format.”
(Specification 2:15-16).
11. In a third embodiment, the Applicants disclose that the
controller of the tire monitor stores a plurality of manufacturer codes each
identifying a signal format required by a particular TPM system, and that the
tire monitor sends out a series of wireless signals each one according to a
different one of the plurality of stored manufacturer codes. (Specification
9:14-18).
12. In the third embodiment, every type of TPM system will be
covered so long as the corresponding manufacturer codes has been stored.
(Specification 9:18-19).
13. In the Summary of the Invention portion of the specification,
the Applicants describes, evidently in connection with the third disclosed
embodiment, that the monitor comprises “a storage device for storing a
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