Appeal No. 97-2119
Application No. 08/263,825
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1
through 14.
The disclosed invention relates to a timer for producing
a series of output signals to an apparatus for automatically
dispensing feed at a predetermined relation to lunar transit
time.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A timer comprising an output and means for producing a
series of signals on the output at a predetermined relation to
lunar transit time, the signals of the series being spaced
apart by an average of about twenty four hours fifty one
minutes.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Carlson 4,035,661 July 12,
1977
Fishman et al. (Fishman) 5,160,068 Nov.
3, 1992
(filed Oct. 11,
1989)
Claims 1 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Carlson.
Claims 8 through 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Fishman in view of Carlson.
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