Appeal No. 1998-2720
Application 08/352,730
displays physical quantities by pointers moving over a scale
plate.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A display device, comprising:
a display to display physical quantities by pointers
moving over a scale plate;
a display driver to drive the pointers;
operator controls to change the physical quantities
displayed by said display in response to manipulation by an
operator;
an electrical supply detector to generator a voltage
change signal upon detection of at least one of battery
exchange and an electrical supply voltage below a
predetermined voltage;
a memory to store movement information representative
of the physical quantities displayed by said display; and
a controller to control driving of said display by
said display driver in response to the manipulation of said
operator controls and storing of the movement information in
said memory when the voltage change signal is generated by
said electrical supply detector, and to control movement of
the pointers by said display driver to standard positions
based on the movement information stored in said memory.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Wakabayashi et al. 5,365,292 Nov. 15, 1994
(Wakabayashi) (filed Feb. 01,
1993)
Claims 1 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
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