Appeal 2007-3382
Application 10/040,288
BACKGROUND
Appellant’s invention relates to a system for monitoring a service
vehicle. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A service vehicle for making service calls at a plurality
of locations, the service vehicle comprising:
a position determination device;
a subsystem indicator indicating a condition of a subsystem
of the service vehicle;
an associated mobile communication device; and
a hub in permanent communication with a central computer,
the hub communicating with the position determination device, the
subsystem indicator, and the mobile communication device.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Saunders US 5,918,172 Jun. 29, 1999
Flick (Flick ‘946) US 6,703,946 B2 Mar. 9, 2004
(CIP of application 09/859,727 filed May 17, 2001)
REJECTIONS
Claims 1-3, 5-7, 12, 16-18, 20-22, and 27 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Flick ‘946. Claims 4, 8-9, 13-15,
19, 23-24, and 28-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Flick ‘946. Claims 10-11, 25-26, and 31 stand rejected
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