Appeal No. 96-3264
Application No. 08/361,163
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 7
through 11 and 17 through 26. In an Amendment After Final
(paper number 18), claim 22 was amended.
The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus
for locating a remote control device that is used to control
an appliance.
Claim 22 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
22. In an appliance having a wireless remote control
device, the remote control device being capable of controlling
the appliance, the appliance having a source of power, the
remote control device having a separate source of power, the
appliance including a transmitter, the transmitter being
actuated by a switch, the transmitter being capable of
emitting a signal, the remote control device including a
receiver capable of receiving the signal emitted by the
transmitter, the receiver being connected to an alarm device,
wherein the alarm device generates an alarm when the switch is
actuated,
the improvement wherein:
the receiver has a power source,
the receiver has an output which is connected to a first
input of an OR gate, the output of the receiver also being
connected to the alarm device,
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