Appeal No. 2006-1550
Application No. 10/044,401
An obviousness analysis commences with a review and consideration of all the
pertinent evidence and arguments. “In reviewing the [E]xaminer’s decision on appeal,
the Board must necessarily weigh all of the evidence and argument.” Oetiker, 977 F.2d
at 1445, 24 USPQ2d at 1444. “[T]he Board must not only assure that the requisite
findings are made, based on evidence of record, but must also explain the reasoning by
which the findings are deemed to support the agency’s conclusion.” In re Lee, 277 F.3d
1338, 1344, 61 USPQ2d 1430, 1434 (Fed. Cir. 2002).
With respect to independent claims 16 and 17, Appellant argues at page 8 of the Appeal
Brief that Yokoyama does not teach the steps of determining whether the width of the
input port is more than the width of the output port; submitting the data as processed
when the width of the input port is not more than the width of the output port; obtaining
the width of the output port when the width of the input port is greater than the width of
the output port; formatting the data from the input port to data configured for the obtained
width of the output port; submitting the formatted data as the processed data. Further,
Appellant argues that Lach does not cure these deficiencies.
We note that claims 16 and 17 read in part as follows:
“ determining whether the width of the input port is more than the width of the
output port; submitting the data as processed data when the width of the input port
is not more than the width of the output port; obtaining the width of the output
port when the width of the input port is greater than width of the output port;
formatting the data from the input port to data configured for the obtained width
of the output port; submitting the formatted data as the processed data.”
At pages 11-12, paragraphs 0029-0030, Appellant’s specification states:
Based on port configuration of different widths, the first step in the processing
method (block 196) is to determine whether the width of the input port is greater
than the width of the output port (block 200). If not, the data are submitted as
processed data (block 202) back to the method shown in FIG. 4, since it is not
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