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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:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2001
Applicants:
Kiyotaka Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Shimoda, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Sase, Fussa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic timepiece () comprises time information generating unit (A) for generating time information, information generating unit for generating information (function information, warning information, etc.) other than the time information, and power-saving operation unit (D) for operating the electronic timepiece in a power-saving operation state entailing lower power consumption than in a normal operation state. The information generating unit or the power-saving operation unit (D) is operated preferentially.