Appeal No. 95-4187 Application 07/835,374 ) BOARD OF PATENT ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES MICHAEL R. FLEMING ) Administrative Patent Judge ) THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge, Concurring: I fully concur in the reasoning, findings and conclusions of my colleagues in affirming-in-part the rejection of certain claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102. Even under this section and certainly within the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 103, I would add separately that the first column of page 492 of the reference to Tsuruta indicates that the "actor models a scheduling expert, or his reasoning process, that is, models dynamic knowledge or somewhat active acknowledge." This teaching provides additional dimensions of understanding from an artisan's perspective of the nature and types of knowledge that may be applied against the broadly defined element knowledge and harmonizing knowledge of the claims on appeal. Additionally, from my study of the disclosed and claimed invention, I conclude that all pending claims 1 to 25 14Page: Previous 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007