Appeal No. 2002-1710 Page 5
Application No. 09/023,441
of the examiner or the appellants in toto, we address the following points of contention
therebetween:
- storing an operating system
- combining Sasaki and Kashiwazaki.
1. Storing an Operating System
The examiner finds, "Sasaki teaches . . . storing a single operating system in the
printer (e.g.[,] col. 2, lines 62-65). . . ." (Examiner's Answer, § 11, ¶ 1.2) The appellants
argue, "Kashiwazaki, et al. does not disclose storing a single operating system in a
printer. Rather, Kashiwazaki, et al. disclose storing at least two operating systems in a
printer." (Appeal Br. at 8)
In addressing the point of contention, the Board conducts a two-step analysis.
First, we construe the representative claim to determine its scope. Second, we
determine whether the construed claim would have been obvious.
a. Claim Construction
"Analysis begins with a key legal question -- what is the invention claimed?"
Panduit Corp. v. Dennison Mfg. Co., 810 F.2d 1561, 1567, 1 USPQ2d 1593, 1597 (Fed.
2We need the examiner to number the pages of his answers.
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