The disclosed security system and method is described as providing “protection of fixed and mobile assets against theft, tampering, or terrorist attacks using nuclear, chemical, or biological materials.” Id. at 5:49–52.
Consistent with the express definition set forth in the ’479 patent, we construe the term “agent” as “a self-powered electrical or electromechanical sensing and communicating device for monitoring a physical location and a security status of a cargo container.” Our claim construction is not final.
Richards discloses that monitor 1114 is adapted to receive signals from impulse radio transmitter 1132 and to communicate with remotely located central station 1112 to provide information relating to structure 1116a and its contents 1134.
Petitioner does not, however, assert that Richards’ impulse radio transmitters 1132 and sensors 1126 monitor a physical location of a cargo container, as required by claim element [ii] given the ’479 patent’s express definition for “agent.” Ex. 1001, 5:31–34.
Based on the particular circumstances presented in this case, we determine that inclusion of all grounds of unpatentability stated in the Petition will advance our overarching goal of securing the just, speedy, and efficient resolution of the parties’ dispute.