Appeal No. 1999-1590
Application No. 08/803,624
1. A device for monitoring the menstrual cycle of a woman,
said device comprising:
a housing;
memory means for storing associated dates of the woman's
menstrual cycle;
a display disposed on said housing;
display drive means responsive to said memory means for
displaying said associated dates of the woman's menstrual cycle
on said display;
means for automatically updating said associated dates of
the woman's menstrual cycle on the basis of menstrual data stored
in said memory means and the current date; and
means for adjusting said menstrual data so as to reflect the
woman's particular menstrual cycle.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Desjacques 4,367,527 Jan. 04, 1983
Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Desjacques.
Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under the judicially
created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting as being
unpatentable over the claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,606,535.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 14,
mailed January 28, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellant's Brief (Paper Nos.
13 and 15, filed December 21, 1998 and January 15, 1999,
respectively) for appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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