Mark:

Status Date:

04-19-1999

Registration Number:

N/A

Goods and Services:

electrical controls which are for use in remotely controlling central HVAC systems, electrical water heaters and other major appliances such as pool/spa pumps and small electrical appliances according to the users programmed instructions providing electric price, usage, cost and billing data for use by customers in programming the operation of various in-home systems and appliances which utilize electricity electronic transmission of data and information between the customer's home and the electric utility wiring such as telephone lines, RF Broadcasting and/or the home's electrical wiring connection to the outlast power lines providing electric utility services which feature variable rate billing, namely, billing electricity customers at a multiple time-based rate using an interactive energy management smart system that allows either the utility or the customer to automatically and remotely control HVAC systems and appliances in response to an electric rate that reflects the utility's varying costs of producing and delivering electricity; providing electric utility services which feature demand-side management services and load-control management using a computer controller which can remotely store electrical usage data and read the customer's meter and consumption as a function of time; providing electric utility services which feature the use of remotely controlled and readable meters which can record electric use at each of a plurality of possible price levels and store a plurality of days of load profile data which may be used by the utility and the customer; providing electric utility services wherein the customer or utility may control electrical power usage to the customer's electric water heater and other major appliances such as pool/spa pumps according to instructions communicated from either the customer or utility via wire and/or radio transmissions

Class:

Transport

Published for Opposition Date:

10-13-1998

Mark Drawing Status:

2T17

Business Name:

ABDALLAH & MUCKELROY