Appeal 2007-0474
Application 10/692,885
1 translate the Dimensional Queries received from DAI subsystem 14 into
2 SQL and package and return the results. (col. 6, l. 63 to col. 7, l. 15).
3 21. In Knutson, an Analyst specifies an event in the data which must
4 trigger an Alert; or specifies the type of analysis and the business measures
5 and segments to be reported on in an InfoFrame, and optionally the schedule
6 on which this InfoFrame is to be generated or the event in the data which
7 must trigger the InfoFrame. (col. 3, ll. 48-53).
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9 PRINCIPLES OF LAW
10 Relating To Anticipation
11 “A claim is anticipated only if each and every element as set forth in
12 the claim is found, either expressly or inherently described, in a single prior
13 art reference.” Verdegaal Bros., Inc. v. Union Oil Co. of California, 814
14 F.2d 628, 631, 2 USPQ2d 1051, 1053 (Fed. Cir. 1987). Analysis of whether
15 a claim is patentable over the prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102 begins with a
16 determination of the scope of the claim. We determine the scope of the
17 claims in patent applications not solely on the basis of the claim language,
18 but upon giving claims their broadest reasonable construction in light of the
19 specification as it would be interpreted by one of ordinary skill in the art. In
20 re Am. Acad. of Sci. Tech. Ctr., 367 F.3d 1359, 1364, 70 USPQ2d 1827,
21 1830 (Fed. Cir. 2004). The properly interpreted claim must then be
22 compared with the prior art.
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24 Relating to Obviousness
25 “Section 103 forbids issuance of a patent when ‘the differences
26 between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior art are such
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