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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tsuneaki Furukawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Nobuhiro Koike, Chino, JP;
Eiichi Hiraya, Shiojiro, JP;
Akihiko Maruyama, Suwa, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 1/904 ; G04B 2/500 ; G04F 1/000 ; G04F 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 1/904 ; G04B 2/500 ; G04F 1/000 ; G04F 8/00 ;
Abstract
A timepiece has an ordinary time measuring section including an ordinary time display unit for measuring an ordinary time and time information (i.e., chronograph) measuring sections including chronograph displays for measuring time information other than the ordinary time (i.e., chronograph information). The timepiece is configured such that the ordinary time display unit and the chronograph display units, are disposed on a display surface of the timepiece without overlapping each other.