Appeal No. 2005-0276
Application No. 09/736,941
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “portable electronic devices,
including hand-held remote control units, and the like, and, in
particular, to such a device having a power storage/supply
utilizing a super or ultra-capacit[or]” (specification, page 1).
Representative claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A device for wirelessly controlling an appliance
comprising:
a hand-held enclosure having a plurality of operator
controls supported thereon;
a wireless control signal generator;
electronic circuitry interconnecting the operator controls
to [the] wireless control signal generator, the circuitry causing
the generator to transmit a wireless signal in response to the
operator controls so as to affect the operation of the appliance;
a source of electrical energy within the enclosure to power
the circuitry, the source of electrical energy consisting
essentially of a supercapacitor or ultracapacitor; and
an input to receive externally applied energy to recharge
the supercapacitor or ultracapacitor.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Croy et al. (Croy) 6,040,829 Mar. 21, 2000
Tiemann et al. (Tiemann) 6,291,900 Sep. 18, 2001
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Croy in view of Tiemann.
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