Appeal 2006-3087
Application 09/821,553
requirements necessary for the proper operation of the device to be powered
by the battery. These requirements include power required from the battery,
e.g. rate capability. Further, given Notten’s silence concerning displaying
the model to the user, and the finding that it is well known to hide
proprietary information from customers, we hold that the skilled artisan
would recognize the desirability of hiding the model from the user in
Notten’s system. Thus, we find ample evidence of record to support the
Examiner’s determination that Notten renders obvious a method of
designing a CSD where a customer inputs at least one of the claimed CSD
requirements into a model, which is hidden from the customer, and a design
is generated by the model. Accordingly, we find for the Examiner on this
issue.
CONCLUSION
We do not consider the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1 through 5
and 7 through 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) to be erroneous, as we agree with
the Examiner that Notten renders obvious a method of designing a CSD
where a customer inputs at least one of the claimed CSD requirements into a
model which is hidden from the customer, and a design is generated by the
model.
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