Appeal No. 1998-3364
Application No. 08/347,990
for use in causing the device to transition from the reduced
power consumption mode to full power mode.
Independent claim 7 is reproduced as follows:
7. A hand-held intelligent data entry unit ("IDEU")
automatically operable in either a low power consumption mode
or an active mode, the hand-held IDEU comprising:
a microcontroller;
a noncontact sensor for detecting the presence of a
user's hand within a predefined actuation region of said hand-
held IDEU while said hand-held IDEU is operating in said low
power mode; and
means responsive to said detection for generating a wake
up signal to said microcontroller for causing said hand-held
IDEU to operate in said active mode.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Windsor 5,319,250 Jun. 7, 1994
Fung 5,396,635 Mar. 7,
1995
(Filed Feb. 12, 1993)
Claims 2 through 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Fung in view of Windsor.1
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the brief and answer for
1 The rejection of claims 7, 18 and 19 under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Cavada has been withdrawn by
the Examiner. See page 9 of the Examiner's answer.
2
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