Appeal No. 1999-1789
Application No. 08/920,652
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final
rejection of claims 15-21, which are the only claims
remaining in the application. Claims 1-14 have been
canceled. An amendment filed April 23, 1998 after final
rejection was approved for entry by the Examiner.
The disclosed invention relates to a push button
switch assembly for activating a doorbell chime. The
push button assembly, which replaces the existing switch
in a doorbell system, includes a manually actuated push
button which simultaneously actuates first and second
series connected switches. Actuation of the first switch
energizes the existing doorbell chime while actuation of
the second switch energizes a radio transmitter to
generate a radio frequency signal which is sent to a
remote chime.
Claim 15 is illustrative of the invention and reads
as follows:
15. An apparatus for activating a doorbell
chime and remotely controlling an auxiliary doorbell
chime comprising:
a push button unit for replacing a doorbell
switch connected in series with a doorbell chime in
an existing doorbell system, said push button unit
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