Appeal 2007-0732
Application 09/799,502
reasonable construction, the limitations require storing data used to log a
user into an application on a server.
B. ANTICIPATION ANALYSIS
"[A]nticipation is a question of fact." In re Hyatt, 211 F.3d 1367,
1371-72, 54 USPQ2d 1664, 1667 (citing Bischoff v. Wethered, 76 U.S. (9
Wall.) 812, 814-15 (1869); In re Schreiber, 128 F.3d 1473, 1477, 44
USPQ2d 1429, 1431 (Fed. Cir. 1997)). "A reference anticipates a claim if it
discloses the claimed invention 'such that a skilled artisan could take its
teachings in combination with his own knowledge of the particular art and
be in possession of the invention.'" In re Graves, 69 F.3d 1147, 1152, 36
USPQ2d 1697, 1701 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (quoting In re LeGrice, 301 F.2d 929,
936, 133 USPQ 365, 372 (CCPA 1962)).
Of course, anticipation "is not an 'ipsissimis verbis' test." In re Bond,
910 F.2d 831, 832, 15 USPQ2d 1566, 1567 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (citing Akzo
N.V. v. United States Int'l Trade Comm'n, 808 F.2d 1471, 1479 & n.11, 1
USPQ2d 1241, 1245 & n.11 (Fed. Cir. 1986)). "An anticipatory reference . .
. need not duplicate word for word what is in the claims." Standard Havens
Prods. v. Gencor Indus., Inc., 953 F.2d 1360, 1369, 21 USPQ2d 1321, 1328
(Fed. Cir. 1991).
Here, Navarre "relates . . . to a new system and method for executing
a request from a client application." (Col. 1, ll. 5-7.) "FIG. 2 is a block
diagram of a network environment 200. . . ." (Col. 2, ll. 21-22.) "As shown
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