Appeal No. 1998-3364
Application No. 08/347,990
assembly machines, transfer machines, milling machines,
broaching or grinding machines, welding machines, or material
handling equipment and the like. In column 1, lines 38
through 65, Windsor points out that in order that the
machines may be started, it is important that the control
system ensures that the operator's hands are placed safely on
the position of the run bar. Thus, Windsor is concerned with
the safety of workers using heavy equipment. Windsor is not
concerned with the problem of attempting to save power for a
data entry device.
Fung, on the other hand, is a power conservation system
for a computer system powered by a battery. Fung does not
contemplate a hand-held data entry device, nor does Fung
consider the problem of detecting hands placed on such a data
entry device to automatically provide wake up for that device.
Instead, Fung teaches in column 2, lines 65 through 68, that
the system determines exactly when to enter into a power
conservation mode. In column 3, lines 1 through 11, Fung
teaches that the software determines inactivity by detecting
how many "active" or "idle" function calls an application
makes within a given time period. Thus, Fung provides no
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