Appeal No. 1997-3062
Application No. 08/207,370
Fujii 5,381,242 Jan. 10, 1995
(filed Jan. 29, 1993)
Mese et al. (Mese) 5,396,443 Mar. 7, 1995
(filed Oct. 7, 1993)
Claims 1 through 3, 7, 8, 10 through 12 and 19 through 24
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Mese
in view of Nakanishi and Fujii.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We affirm.
With regard to independent claim 1, the examiner points
out that Mese clearly discloses an information processing
apparatus with means for sensing whether someone or something
is approaching the apparatus and, in response to such an
approach, a power saving control unit is activated. This
activation controls a controlled object. Lower power
consumption is achieved since the controlled object is not
activated if an operation medium has not approached the
apparatus or if there has been no movement for a set period of
time. The examiner recognizes that while Mese does not
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