Appeal No. 2005-0276
Application No. 09/736,941
to the base station. Croy describes the remote control function
of the unit as follows:
Referring now to FIGS. 52 and 53, other menu displays
illustrate the operation of the present invention for
controlling a television monitor and/or a video
cassette recorder (VCR). In FIG. 52, various menu
items are displayed in first display area 1210 and
second display area 1215. These menu items correspond
to standard functions provided on conventional VCRs.
Any of these functions can be selected using function
keys 310 or 311 provided on remote device 200. As a
result of the activation of one of these menu items,
remote device 200 emits well-known infrared coded
signals to invoke the selected function in the VCR.
Similarly as illustrated in FIG. 53, menu items
corresponding to standard functions in a conventional
television set are displayed in first display area 1210
and second display area 1215. These functions may also
be selected using function keys 310 or 311. In similar
fashion, the remote device 200 emits IR signals to the
television receiver corresponding to the selected
function. In this manner, remote device 200 can be
used to control a standard VCR or television set
[column 19, line 53, through column 20, line 4].
It is not disputed that Croy teaches, or would have
suggested, a remote control device responsive to all of the
limitations in independent claim 1 except for those requiring the
source of electrical energy to consist essentially of a
supercapacitor or ultracapacitor. As indicated above, the source
of electrical energy in Croy’s remote control unit consists of
rechargeable batteries. To account for this difference, the
examiner looks to Tiemann.
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