Appeal No. 96-3851 Application No. 08/341,849 computer, within which resides a printer server." Then in item 14 of the same Declaration, appellant states that "[t]he Vaughn process may take place in either the server or the printer." Accordingly, the coding takes place in the printer server. Thus, Vaughn would seem to anticipate claims 30 and 31. Although the examiner rejected the claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 using additional references to show a server, since anticipation is the epitome of obviousness (See In re Emert, 124 F.3d 1458, 1462, 44 USPQ2d 1149, 1153 (Fed. Cir. 1997), citing Structural Rubber Prods. Co. v. Park Rubber Co., 749 F.2d 707, 716, 223 USPQ 1264, 1271 (Fed. Cir. 1984) ("anticipation is the epitome of obviousness")), we will sustain the obviousness rejection of claims 30 and 31. CONCLUSION The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 4, 17 through 29, and 32 through 40 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed and the decision of the examiner rejecting claims 30 and 31 affirmed. 8Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007