Appeal 2007-3462
Application 11/172,223
1 conditions and interrupting other circuit elements in response were well
2 known (FF 13). Lastly, Black tells us that one of ordinary skill knew that
3 transponder or transceiver type identification systems were known for
4 conveying information associated with an object (FF 12). This described
5 general knowledge that one had at the time of the invention is not limited to
6 monitoring temperature and transmitting information for a particular object.
7 The knowledge applies to monitoring temperature in any device that heats
8 up and for conveying that information through a transponder. One of
9 ordinary skill would understand that the specific embodiments of the Black
10 temperature sensitive RFID tag 200 could be used to monitor the
11 temperature of any object.
12 Art is analogous if it is from the same field of endeavor, regardless of
13 the problem addressed or if the reference reasonably is pertinent to the
14 particular problem with which the inventor is involved. In re Bigio, 381
15 F.3d 1320, 1325, 72 USPQ2d 1209, 1212 (Fed. Cir. 2004). Black meets
16 either prong, since Black is (1) from the same field of endeavor – sensing the
17 temperature of an object and communicating that information through an
18 RFID system and (2) directly pertinent to the problem addressed by
19 Applicants – sensing temperature of an object and efficiently and
20 automatically conveying such information through an RFID system.
21 Moreover, in KSR, the Supreme Court gave guidance to us, that:
Therefore, claims 15, 20 and 21 stand or fall with claim 1.
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