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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PATRICK WYATT
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Appeal No. 1999-1660
Application No. 08/444,242
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HEARD: August 15, 2001
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Before HARKCOM, Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and
BARRETT and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 33 through 50, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
Appellant's invention relates to a time recording method
for assisting in the treatment of sleep disorders. The user
automatically records awake time or sleep time by contacting a
switch connected to a timer while awake and automatically
releasing the switch when the user falls asleep. The timer
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