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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 1991

Filed:

Jan. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:

Tom Thinesen, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Timex Corporation, Middlebury, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C / ; G04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
368 70 ; 368 80 ; 368187 ;
Abstract

A multimode electronic timepiece has a display, a group plurality of manually actuated switches, and an integrated circuit programmed to keep time and to provide several operating modes including time-of-day mode. The integrated circuit is programmed to permit an operator to sequentially shift the current mode of operation from one mode to the next by selectively and repetitively actuating a first switch. The improved timepiece includes an alternate mode selection when a second switch is temporarily depressed to display the operating condition of a mode other than the current mode. The display returns to the current mode when the second switch is no longer actuated.


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