Appeal No. 2006-2284 Page 7
Application No. 09/912,211
(Fed. Cir. 1993) (quoting In re Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1051, 189 USPQ 143, 147
(CCPA 1976)).
Here, in Bowers "[a]n article inventory control system for articles
. . . uses RFID tags attached to each article. Each tag has a unique identification
or serial number for identifying the individual article." (Abs. at ll. 1-4.) An "'article'
includes . . . items which are typically found in a library, such as videos, CD-ROMS,
cassettes, newspapers or the like." (Col. 7, ll. 2-5 (emphases added)). "FIG. 2 is a
block diagram schematic of an RFID tag suitable for use on articles circulated by the
library. . . ." (Col. 5, ll. 59-60.) "The tag 54 includes a passive resonant radio frequency
(RF) circuit 56 for use in detecting when the tag 54 is within a zone monitored by a
reader or interrogator, as is well-known in the art. One well-known type of circuit 56 has
a coil antenna 58 and a capacitor 60 which together form a resonant circuit with a
predetermined resonant frequency i.e. the selected radio frequency." (Col. 8, ll. 36-43.)
"Furthermore, the tag 54 includes an integrated circuit (IC) 62 for providing 'intelligence'
to the tag 54. The IC 62 is connected to the circuit 56. The IC 62 includes a
programmable memory 64, such as a 64 bit memory, for storing bits of identification
data." (Id. at ll. 44-49.)
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