Appeal No. 2006-0432
Application No. 09/968,085
Lines 62-67 of that column recite that
[t]he combined controller/recorder of the invention
further includes driver electronics responsive to the
program set points, which may be used to directly control
equipment in accordance with the set points, or,
alternatively, to provide other control functions, such as
the activation of higher power switches, and so forth.
The set points 124 and 126 were made by marking pen 108
during a setup phase (column 2, line 60 through column 3, line
2), and the set points are accessible by the marking pen during
operation of the chart recorder. Column 3, lines 48-50, of Levine
makes it clear that a non-volatile memory stores information
relating to the set point surface positions, and marking pen 108
is moved relative to the set point visible options 124 and 126
for selection purposes. As we stated in our decision of May 18,
2005, in Appeal No. 2004-0609, “if the marking pen 108 moves
beyond either set point 124 or 126, the chart recorder is
programmed to generate a control signal to perform a specific
function (e.g., turn indicator lights ‘on and off in accordance
with the reaching of each set point’) (column 3, lines 19 through
34).”
With regard to the last step of claim 9, Levine teaches
programming the chart recorder by correlating the position of the
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