Ex Parte Tang et al - Page 7


                Appeal  2007-3131                                                                            
                Application 10/716,121                                                                       
                      transmitted according to a different one of the stored plurality                       
                      of codes.                                                                              
                      Each of claims 1-20 recites something different from one another,                      
                particularly independent claims 1, 11, and 19.  The Examiner, however,                       
                adopts a general and scattered approach that does not address all the features               
                of any one claim specifically.  The entirety of the Examiner’s analysis for                  
                claims 1-20, within the stated ground of rejection, is reproduced below                      
                (Answer 3:5-16):                                                                             
                            Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being                         
                      anticipated by Kulka et al (6,087,930).                                                
                      -- in considering claims 1-10, the claimed subject matter that is                      
                      met by Kulka et al (Kulka) includes:                                                   
                            1)  the transponder (10), RFID(18), central processing                           
                      unit (20), including memory (22), including tire ID code (see:                         
                      col. 5, ll. 20-31), low frequency receiver(34), external interface                     
                      inputs (26,28), low frequency receiver;                                                
                            2)  the program signal having a low frequency is met                             
                      (see: col. 8, ll. 26-41);                                                              
                            3) the remote transmitter including low frequency                                
                      transmitter is met by the interrogator (80, col. 8, ll. 25-41);                        
                            4) the signal transmitted according to each of the stored                        
                      plurality of codes and the receiver recognizing the codes is met                       
                      by the interrogator transmitting based on a tag ID value (see;                         
                      col. 8, ll. 42 et seq).                                                                
                      -- Claims 11-20 recite subject matter that is met as discussed in                      
                      claims 1-10 above.                                                                     



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