Appeal 2007-0660
Application 10/116,574
9. Additionally, the U.I. program (209) displays a count down to the
shutdown of the portable device (100), and allows the user to cancel an
imminent shutdown of the portable device by temporarily disabling the Auto
on/ Auto off program (209) while the count down is proceeding. (Col. 3, l.
64- col. 4, l. 4).
10. After a boot process has concluded, the portable device operates in a
normal power mode until the next scheduled sleep event wherein Auto on/
Auto off data files are retrieved from the operating system (403) to
automatically restore the Auto on /Auto off features of the device. (Col. 7, ll.
4-6).
11. Kuroda discloses an audible notification mechanism for providing a
warning sound, as well as a visual warning indicating that the power of a
portable device is lower than a predetermined level (col. 4, ll. 41-44).
12. Kuroda also discloses that after a pre-specified period of inactivity,
the device is automatically shut off. (Col. 4, ll. 44-50).
PRINCIPLES OF LAW
1. OBVIOUSNESS
In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the Examiner bears the
initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of obviousness. In re
Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443, 1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992). See
also In re Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468, 1472, 223 USPQ 785, 788 (Fed. Cir.
1984). The Examiner can satisfy this burden by showing that some
objective teaching in the prior art or knowledge generally available to one of
ordinary skill in the art suggests the claimed subject matter. In re Fine, 837
F.2d 1071, 1074, 5 USPQ2d 1596, 1598 (Fed. Cir. 1988). Only if this initial
burden is met does the burden of coming forward with evidence or argument
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