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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`90/013,301
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`07/2112014
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`6549130
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`1082
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`RAYMOND A. JOAO
`122 BELLEVUE PLACE
`YONKERS, NY 10703
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`01/20/2015
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`EXAMINER
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`NGUYEN, MINH T
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`3992
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`MAIL DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`01120/2015
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`PAPER
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`VWGoA - Ex. 1010
`Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Petitioner
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`EX PARTE REEXAMINATION COMMUNICATION TRANSMITTAL FORM
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`REEXAMINATION CONTROL NO. 90/013,301.
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`PATENT NO. 6549130.
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`ART UNIT 3992.
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`Enclosed is a copy of the latest communication from the United States Patent and Trademark
`Office in the above identified ex parte reexamination proceeding (37 CFR 1 .550(f)).
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`Where this copy is supplied after the reply by requester, 37 CFR 1.535, or the time for filing a
`reply has passed, no submission on behalf of the ex parte reexamination requester will be
`acknowledged or considered (37 CFR 1.550(g)).
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`PTOL-465 (Rev.0?-04)
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`Office Action in Ex Parte Reexamination
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`Control No.
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`Examiner
`MINH T. NGUYEN
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`Patent Under Reexamination
`6549130
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`Art Unit
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`AlA (First Inventor to
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`-- The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address -(cid:173)
`a. [8J Responsive to the communication(s) filed on 11124/2014.
`D A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on __ .
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`b. D This action is made FINAL.
`c. [8J A statement under 37 CFR 1.530 has not been received from the patent owner.
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`A shortened statutory period for response to this action is set to expire?. month(s) from the mailing date of this letter.
`Failure to respond within the period for response will result in termination of the proceeding and issuance of an ex parte reexamination
`certificate in accordance with this action. 37 CFR 1.550(d). EXTENSIONS OF TIME ARE GOVERNED BY 37 CFR 1.550(c).
`If the period for response specified above is less than thirty (30) days, a response within the statutory minimum of thirty (30) days
`will be considered timely.
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`Part I
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`THE FOLLOWING ATTACHMENT(S) ARE PART OF THIS ACTION:
`D Notice of References Cited by Examiner, PT0-892.
`D Interview Summary, PT0-474.
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`[8J Information Disclosure Statement, PTO/SB/08.
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`1 a.
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`Part II SUMMARY OF ACTION
`[8J Claims 48 are subject to reexamination.
`[8J Claims 1-47 49-149 are not subject to reexamination.
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`2. D Claims __ have been canceled in the present reexamination proceeding.
`3. D Claims __ are patentable and/or confirmed.
`[8J Claims 48 are rejected.
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`5. D Claims __ are objected to.
`6. D The drawings, filed on __ are acceptable.
`7. D The proposed drawing correction, filed on __ has been (7a) D approved (7b)0 disapproved.
`8. D Acknowledgment is made of the priority claim under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`a) D All b) D Some* c) D None
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`1 D been received.
`2 D not been received.
`3 D been filed in Application No. __ .
`4 D been filed in reexamination Control No. __
`5 D been received by the International Bureau in PCT application No. __ .
`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
`9. D Since the proceeding appears to be in condition for issuance of an ex parte reexamination certificate except for formal
`matters, prosecution as to the merits is closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C. D.
`11, 453 O.G. 213.
`1 0. D Other: __
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`cc: Requester (if third party requester)
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Off1ce
`PTOL-466 (Rev. 08-13)
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`Office Action in Ex Parte Reexamination
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`EX PARTE REEXAMINATION
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`NON-FINAL OFFICE ACTION
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`Pertinent Prosecution History
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`A request for ex parte reexamination of the patent number 6,549,130 ("130 Patent") was
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`filed by a third party requester ("Requester") on July 21, 2014, assigned control number
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`90/013,301 ("'301 Request").
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`In response to the '301 Request, the Office mailed an "Order Granting Reexamination
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`Request" on September 17,2014 ("2014 '130 Order"). In the 2014 '130 Order, the Office
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`indicated that claim 48 was subject to the instant reexamination.
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`As to date, the patent owner ("Patent Owner") has not filed a Patent Owner's statement
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`under 35 USC 304.
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`This non-final office action ("2015 Non-Final Office Action") follows the 2014 '130 Order
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`after two-month waiting period for the patent owner's statement under 35 USC 304.
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`The Patent Owner is reminded that because the '130 Patent which is being reexamined
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`is expired, amendments to the claims, except cancellation of the claims, are not allowed.
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`Expired Patent
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`Claim 48 is pending for consideration.
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`Status of the Claims
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`MPEP 2256 states in pertinent part,
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`Where patents, publications, and other such items of information are submitted by a party
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`(Patent Owner or Requester) in compliance with the requirements of the rules, the requisite
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`degree of consideration to be given to such information will be normally limited by the degree
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`to which the party filing the information citation has explained the content and relevance of the
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`information. The initials of the examiner placed adjacent to the citations on the form
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`PTO/SB/08A and 088 or its equivalent, without an indication to the contrary in the record, do
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`not signify that the information has been considered by the examiner any further than to the
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`extent noted above. (emphasis added)
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`Information disclosure statements (lOSs) filed on November 05, 2014 and November 24,
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`2014 by the Patent Owner and/or Requester have been considered to the extent that the Patent
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`Owner and/or Requester has "explained the content and relevance" as indicated above and
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`signed copies have been included in this office action.
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`Prior Art
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`Claim 48 of the '130 Patent is reexamined based on the following references:
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`U.S. Patent 5,070,320 to Ramona ("Ramona").
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`U.S. Patent 6,072,402 to Kniffin ("Kniffin").
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`U.S. Patent 5,113,427 to Ryoichi et ai.("Ryoichi").
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`U.S. Patent 5,276,728 to Pagliaroli et ai.("Pagliaroli").
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`U.S. Patent 5,081,667 to Drori et al. ("Drori").
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`U.S. Patent 5,1 03,221 to Memmola.("Memmola").
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`Statutes
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 1 02 that form the
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`basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless -
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`(a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed
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`publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for a patent.
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`(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in
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`public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of application for patent in
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`the United States.
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`(e) the invention was described in (1) an application for patent, published under section 122(b), by
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`another filed in the United States before the invention by the applicant for patent or (2) a patent
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`granted on an application for patent by another filed in the United States before the invention by the
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`applicant for patent, except that an international application filed under the treaty defined in section
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`351 (a) shall have the effects for purposes of this subsection of an application filed in the United States
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`only if the international application designated the United States and was published under Article 21 (2)
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`of such treaty in the English language.
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`(e) the invention was described in a patent granted on an application for patent by another filed in the
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`United States before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or on an international application
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`by another who has fulfilled the requirements of paragraphs (1 ), (2), and (4) of section 371 (c) of this
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`title before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent.
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`The changes made to 35 U.S.C. 1 02(e) by the American Inventors Protection Act of
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`1999 (AlP A) and the Intellectual Property and High Technology Technical Amendments Act of
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`2002 do not apply when the reference is a U.S. patent resulting directly or indirectly from an
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`international application filed before November 29, 2000. Therefore, the prior art date of the
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`reference is determined under 35 U.S.C. 1 02(e) prior to the amendment by the AlP A (pre-AlP A
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`35 U.S.C. 1 02(e)).
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 1 03(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent may not be obtained through the invention is not identically disclosed or described as
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`set forth in section 1 02 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented
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`and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the
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`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
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`Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`Claim Rejections and Comments
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`Claim 48 is rejected under 35 USC 1 02(b) as being anticipated by Ramo no.
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`The rejection below is the same as the proposed rejection by the Requester at pages
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`14-18 in the request for reexamination and at pages A 1-A3 in the Appendix submitted with the
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`request for reexamination which are incorporated herein by reference.
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`A control apparatus (Ramona discloses "[i]n addition, my invention contemplates the
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`use of coded radio frequency signals, such as conventionally used in residential garage door
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`openers for examples .. , to control activation/deactivation of a distress alarm in a moving
`vehicle." Col. 2, lines 8-15), comprising:
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`(Ramona discloses the use of a chain of three control devices, e.g., a vehicle alarm
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`system (a first control device located at a vehicle), a fixed area alarm unit 14 (a second
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`control device located remote from the vehicle), and a remote alarm initiator 12 (a third
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`control device located remote from the second control device and remote from the vehicle),
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`sending control signals from one device to the next, culminating in the activation (or
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`deactivation) of a vehicle system, e.g., initiating an alarm, flashing exterior lights, resetting
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`the alarm, etc. For example, the vehicle alarm unit functioned as the first control device can
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`generate a signal in response to a signal from the fixed area alarm unit 14 to flash the exterior
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`vehicle lights.)
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`a first control device wherein the first control device is capable of at least one of
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`activating, de-activating, disabling, and re-enabling, one or more of a plurality of at least
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`one of a vehicle system, a vehicle component, a vehicle device, a vehicle equipment, a
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`vehicle equipment system, and a vehicle appliance, of a vehicle wherein the first control
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`device at least one of generates and transmits a first signal for at least one of activating,
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`de-activating, disabling, and re-enabling, the at least one of a vehicle system, a vehicle
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`component, a vehicle device, a vehicle equipment, a vehicle equipment system, and a
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`vehicle appliance, wherein the first control device is located at the vehicle, and further
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`20 wherein the first control device is responsive to a second signal, wherein the second
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`signal is at least one of generated by and transmitted from a second control device, (Fig.
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`8 of Ramona shows a vehicle alarm unit functioned as a first control device. Ramona discloses
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`"[t]he vehicle alarm unit, as shown in FIG. 8, is intended to be installed in any vehicle such that
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`when the corresponding remote alarm initiator unit initiates an alarm to a fixed area alarm unit
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`within range of the automobile, the fixed area alarm unit can signal the vehicle unit to signal, for
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`example by flashing the exterior vehicle lights, until reset. The fixed area alarm unit can reset
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`the vehicle alarm unit after a time delay, such as 15 minutes for example, which should be
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`sufficient time for security or police to arrive on the scene." Col. 10, line 67- col. 11, line 8.
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`Ramona further discloses "[a]n actuating signal received by an antenna 152 is demodulated by
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`a receiver 154. The demodulated signal is interpreted by decode modules 156 and 158. The
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`alarm trigger decode module 156 compares the coded transmission to the code set in a code
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`select module 160. If it is a valid alarm code, decode module 156 energizes a relay coil 162 to
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`cause normally open contact 164 to close and supply the power to the vehicle horn or a siren
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`166 ... " Col. 11, line 48 to 56. Ramo no also discloses "[i]f a fixed area alarm unit 14 receives a
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`signal from a remote alarm initiator 12, and shortly thereafter receives a properly coded alarm
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`signal from the same, it can be operative to transmit a signal that will be received by a vehicle
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`alarm system." Col. 10, lines 4 to 8).
`wherein the second control device is located at a location which is remote from
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`the vehicle, and wherein the second signal is transmitted from the second control device
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`to the first control device, and further wherein the second signal is automatically
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`received by the first control device,(Ramono discloses fixed area alarm 14 functioned as a
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`second control device: "[f]ixed area alarm 14 may be mounted to existing utility poles or other
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`elevated structures." Col. 4, lines 13 to 14. Ramo no further discloses"[i]f a fixed area alarm unit
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`14 receives a signal from a remote alarm initiator 12, and shortly thereafter receives a properly
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`coded alarm signal from the same, it can be operative to transmit a signal that will be received
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`by a vehicle alarm system." Col. 10, lines 4 to 8. Ramona also discloses, "The fixed area alarm
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`of FIG. 7 includes a jumper 136 by which the vehicle alarm feature is activated. When the
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`modified fixed area alarm unit receives a signal from a remote alarm initiator 12, timer 134 will
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`cause a limited duration retransmission of a signal back to the remote alarm initiator for code
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`identification as above described. However, the code identification signal is also fed to a
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`logic/timer module 138. If a valid alarm code is received from the remote initiator 12 immediately
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`after this code identification check, the logic/timer 138 will cause encoder 108 to encode a
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`signal from code selection module 126, which signal is then fed to transmitter 128 for
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`transmission of the preset code via antenna 130. This transmission will consist of short time
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`duration coded bursts every few seconds, which are transmitted to any auto alarm system in the
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`reception area while still allowing other fixed alarm systems to sense additional alarm
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`initiations." col. 10, lines 9-26).
`wherein the second control device is responsive to a third signal, wherein the
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`third signal is at least one of generated by and transmitted from a third control device
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`wherein the third control device is located at a location which is remote from the vehicle
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`and remote from the second control device, wherein the third signal is transmitted from
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`the third control device to the second control device, and further wherein the third signal
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`is automatically received by the second control device. (Ramona discloses "[a] portable
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`remote alarm initiator unit 12 is operable outside the dwelling or facility 11, such as by a person
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`walking along a street, visiting in the neighborhood, engaging in yard work or gardening, and the
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`like. Remote initiator 12 preferably is a small, battery powered, hand-held radio transmitter and
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`receiver unit that transmits and receives signals on assigned frequencies. Each remote initiator
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`12 is individually set to transmit and receive assigned codes. It offers protection for individuals
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`while outside the dwelling or facility 11 by permitting transmission of an alarm code for a pre-set
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`time period directly to a fixed area alarm 14." Col. 3, lines 27-38).
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`Claim 48 is rejected under 35 USC 102(e) as being anticipated by Kniffin.
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`The rejection below is the same as the proposed rejection by the Requester at pages
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`18-24 in the request for reexamination and at pages A4-A8 in the Appendix submitted with the
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`request for reexamination which are incorporated herein by reference.
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`A control apparatus (Kniffin discloses "[a] fourth embodiment 60 according to the
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`present invention is shown in FIG. 4 and is described, by way of example, in the context of an
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`access control device for a delivery truck 62." Col. 8, lines 5-8), comprising:
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`(Kniffin et al. discloses the use of a chain of three control devices, e.g., an access
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`control device 64 (a first control device located at a vehicle), a clearinghouse 18 or 66 (a
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`second control device located remote from the vehicle), and a communications link 16 (a
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`third control device located remote from the second control device and remote from the
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`vehicle), sending control signals from one device to the next, culminating in the activation (or
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`deactivation) of a vehicle system, e.g., storing an authorized schedule of deliveries in a
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`memory).
`a first control device, wherein the first control device is capable of at least one of
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`activating, de-activating, disabling, and re-enabling, one or more of a plurality of at least
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`one of a vehicle system, a vehicle component, a vehicle device, a vehicle equipment, a
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`vehicle equipment system, and a vehicle appliance, of a vehicle, wherein the first control
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`device at least one of generates and transmits a first signal for at least one of activating,
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`de-activating, disabling, and re-enabling, the at least one of a vehicle system, a vehicle
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`component, a vehicle device, a vehicle equipment, a vehicle equipment system, and a
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`vehicle appliance, wherein the first control device is located at the vehicle, and further
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`wherein the first control device is responsive to a second signal, wherein the second
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`signal is at least one of generated by and transmitted from a second control device,
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`(Kniffin discloses "[r]eferring to FIG. 1, a first embodiment 1 0 of a secure entry system according
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`to the present invention includes a lock (or other access control device) 12 having a cellular,
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`paging, or other RF receiver 14 integrated therein. The lock may be a door lock at an
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`industrial site, a real estate lockbox, or any other kind of access control device." col. 2, lines 25
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`to 30. Kniffin further discloses "[i]n accordance with this embodiment of the invention, a delivery
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`truck is equipped with an electronic access control device 64 that guards against unauthorized
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`opening." Col. 8, lines 11 to 14. Kniffin also discloses "[a]fter suitable verification checks, the
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`clearinghouse transmits to the targeted truck access control device 64 the authorized schedule
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`of stops, which data is received and stored in a memory 68." Col. 8, lines 21 to 24. "When the
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`truck arrives at its first delivery stop, the truck access control device 64 senses this fact by
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`detecting an identification device 70 maintained at that location. The identification device may
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`be a proximity card mounted at the loading dock, or may be an electronic key carried by a
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`the first expected stop that had earlier been programmed, the truck access control device
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`unlocks, permitting access to the truck's contents." Col. 8, lines 25 to 33. "Although the access
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`control device 64 is not particularly detailed in FIG. 4, it can take the same form as lock 12 of
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`FIG. 1 (but with a lock mechanism adapted to secure the doors of a delivery truck)". Col. 8, lines
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`wherein the second control device is located at a location which is remote from
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`the vehicle, and wherein the second signal is transmitted from the second control device
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`to the first control device, and further wherein the second signal is automatically
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`received by the first control device, (Kniffin discloses "[a] user who seeks access to the lock
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`establishes communication (by a cellular telephone, by a conventional telephone, or by some
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`other communications link 16) to a clearinghouse 18. A series of voice prompts synthesized by
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`a computer 20 at the clearinghouse and relayed to the user over the link 16 solicits the user to
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`identify the lock 12 to which access is desired. (The lock is usually identified by a number, but in
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`other embodiments is identified by more descriptive information.) The clearinghouse also
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`requests the user's Personal Identification Number (PIN number). This data may be provided by
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`the user, for example, using a telephone's Touch Tone pad 22. "If the clearinghouse
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`determines, by reference to a database 24, that the user should be authorized to access the
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`identified lock, the clearinghouse causes a radio transmission to the lock 12 to be made. The
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`transmission, which may be via a system 26 such as a paging system, a cellular telephone
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`system, or other RF carrier--depending on the type of receiver 14 with which the lock is
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`equipped--authorizes an access by the user." col. 2, lines 31 to 51). Kniffin further discloses
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`"[a]fter suitable verification checks, the clearinghouse transmits to the targeted truck access
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`control device 64 the authorized schedule of stops, which data is received and stored in a
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`memory 68." Col. 8, lines 21 to 24).
`wherein the second control device is responsive to a third signal, wherein the
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`third signal is at least one of generated by and transmitted from a third control device,
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`10 wherein the third control device is located at a location which is remote from the vehicle
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`and remote from the second control device, wherein the third signal is transmitted from
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`the third control device to the second control device, and further wherein the third signal
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`is automatically received by the second control device. (Kniffin discloses "[a] user who
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`seeks access to the lock establishes communication (by a cellular telephone, by a conventional
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`telephone, or by some other communications link 16) to a clearinghouse 18. A series of voice
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`prompts synthesized by a computer 20 at the clearinghouse and relayed to the user over the
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`link 16 solicits the user to identify the lock 12 to which access is desired. (The lock is usually
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`identified by a number, but in other embodiments is identified by more descriptive information.)
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`The clearinghouse also requests the user's Personal Identification Number (PIN number). This
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`data may be provided by the user, for example, using a telephone's Touch Tone pad 22.
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`"If the clearinghouse determines, by reference to a database 24, that the user should be
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`authorized to access the identified lock, the clearinghouse causes a radio transmission to the
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`lock 12 to be made. The transmission, which may be via a system 26 such as a paging system,
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`a cellular telephone system, or other RF carrier--depending on the type of receiver 14 with
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`which the lock is equipped--authorizes an access by the user." Col. 2, lines 31 to 51. Kniffin
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`further discloses "[i]n the illustrated embodiment, the delivery company calls a clearinghouse 66
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`and identifies the sequence of deliveries the truck is to make. Each possible destination is
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`assigned an identification number, and the desired sequence is programmed by entering (using
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`a Touch Tone pad or the like) the numbers corresponding to the scheduled deliveries in their
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`proper order." Col. 8, lines 15 to 21).
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`Control Number: 90/013,301
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`Art Unit: 3992
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`Claim 48 is rejected under 35 USC 1 02(b) as being anticipated by Ryoichi.
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`The rejection below is the same as the proposed rejection by the Requester at pages
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`24-28 in the request for reexamination and at pages A9-A 13 in the Appendix submitted with the
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`request for reexamination which are incorporated herein by reference.
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`A control apparatus, (Ryoichi discloses in the abstract: "The vehicle device control
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`system allows the vehicle device to be remotely controlled through a simple and low-cost
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`arrangement, making it possible for a vehicle radio telephone unit with no reception capability to
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`receive and transmit a signal.") comprising:
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`(Ryoichi discloses the use of a chain of three control devices, e.g., a personal radio
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`paging unit 9 (a first control device located at a vehicle), a fixed radio station St (a second
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`control device located remote from the vehicle), and a telephone unit TEL (a third control device
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`located remote from the second control device and remote from the vehicle), sending control
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`signals from one device to the next, culminating in the activation (or deactivation) of a vehicle
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`system, e.g., unlocking the doors).
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`a first control device, wherein the first control device is capable of at least one of
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`activating, de-activating, disabling, and re-enabling, one or more of a plurality of at least
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`one of a vehicle system, a vehicle component, a vehicle device, a vehicle equipment, a
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`vehicle equipment system, and a vehicle appliance, of a vehicle, wherein the first control
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`device at least one of generates and transmits a first signal for at least one of activating,
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`de-activating, disabling, and re-enabling, the at least one of a vehicle system, a vehicle
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`component, a vehicle device, a vehicle equipment, a vehicle equipment system, and a
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`vehicle appliance, wherein the first control device is located at the vehicle, and further
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`wherein the first control device is responsive to a second signal, wherein the second
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`signal is at least one of generated by and transmitted from a second control device,
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`(Ryoichi discloses in the abstract, "A radio-signal-responsive vehicle device control system
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`including a receiver unit (9, 41, 74, 1 00) for receiving a radio signal generated based on a signal
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`transmitted from a calling telephone unit and for generating a detectable signal based on the
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`received radio signal, receiver unit storage structure (8, 91, 1 02) mounted in a motor vehicle
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`for storing the receiver unit, a detector (D, 42, 73) for producing a detected signal in response to
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`detection of the detectable signal from the receiver unit, a control unit (S, S', 43, 60) responsive
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`to the detected signal from the detector for producing a control signal based on at least the
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`detectable signal, and an actuator (A, F, 52, 56, 46, 68, 75,517 A) for controlling at least one
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`device in the motor vehicle based on the control signal from the control unit." Ryoichi further
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`discloses "[t]he personal radio paging unit 9 which is employed as a receiver unit in this
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`embodiment generates a calling sound and a message sound when it receives a radio calling
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`signal and a signal such as a message signal following the radio calling signal. More
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`specifically, when the personal radio paging unit 9 receives a radio calling signal and a following
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`message signal, it generates a calling sound and a message sound as signals which can be
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`detected by a detector means comprising a sensor 1 0 and a code converter 11." Col. 5, lines 16
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`to 25. Also Ryoichi discloses "[w]hen the sensor 10 detects a calling sound given off from the
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`personal radio paging unit 9, the sensor 10 issues a signal to turn on the code converter 11 and
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`a control unitS serving as a control means, as shown in FIG. 1." Col. 5, lines 32 to 36. Ryoichi
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`further discloses "[i]n response to the calling number, the personal radio paging unit 9 generates
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`a calling sound which is detected by the sensor 10. The sensor 1 0 then issues an output signal
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`to turn on the power supply of the code converter 11 and the control unit S. Then, the personal
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`radio paging unit 9 generates a sound corresponding to the message signal '000' which is
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`subsequently received. The sensor 10 detects this sound and converts it into an electric signal,
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`and then transmits the electric signal to the code converter 11. The code converter 11 converts
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`the electric signal, representing '000' (decimal notation) into a prescribed operating electric
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`signal, i.e., a four-digit binary digital code signal '0000'. The code signal '0000' is then sent to
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`the control unit S, which then selects and executes a program corresponding to the code signal
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`'0000', i.e., the control program PO stored in the memory M. As described above, the control
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`program PO is a program for operating the handbrake under remote control, and is executed to
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`remotely control the handbrake when the driver forgot to pull the handbrake lever 14 or is not
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`certain if he applied the handbrake." col. 8, lines 1 to 22. Ryoichi discloses "[a]s shown in FIGS.
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`2 and 3, a motor vehicle or automobile 1 has an engine E, a battery B, and headlights L. The
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`automobile 1 also has a door 2 with a receiver insertion slot 4 defined therein behind a door
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`handle 3 mourned on the outer panel of the door 2. The receiver insertion slot 4 is connected to
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`a guide passage 5 defined in the door 2. The guide passage 5 includes an outer guide
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`passageway 5a and an inner guide passageway 5b between which there is defined a slit 7 for
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`passage of a window glass panel 6 therethrough. The inner guide passageway 5b is connected
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`to a storage box 8 disposed as a receiver storage means on the inner panel of the door 2 which
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`is normally disposed in the passenger compartment of the automobile 1. The storage box 8 is
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`angularly movably mourned on the inner panel of the door 2 by means of a hinge 8a. A personal
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`radio paging unit 9 can easily be taken into and out of the storage box 8 by a person in the
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`passenger compartment. When the window panel 6 is lowered into the slit 7, the guide passage
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`5 is closed by the window glass panel 6. When the window glass panel 6 is lifted, the personal
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`radio paging unit 9 which is inserted from outside through the receiver insertion slot 4 is slid
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`through the guide passage 5 into the storage box S. Since the slit 7 is of a small width, the
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`inserted personal radio paging unit 9 is smoothly guided through the guide passage 5 without
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`dropping into the slit 7." Col. 4, line 57 to col. 5, line 15).
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`wherein the second control device is located at a location which is remote from
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`the vehicle, a