The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HAROLD L. HANSEN
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Appeal No. 2000-0423
Application No. 09/016,245
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative
Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,
2 and 5 through 16.
The disclosed invention relates to a timing circuit and
to a software controlled timer that connects/disconnects power
to an apparatus at a preselected time.
Claims 1 and 11 are illustrative of the claimed
invention, and they read as follows:
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