Appeal 2007-1052
Application 10/329,906
ISSUES
The pivotal issues in the appeal before us are as follows:
(1) Have Appellants shown that the Examiner failed to establish that the
disclosure of Lansberry anticipates the claimed invention under
35 U.S.C. § 102(a). Particularly, does Lansberry’s disclosure of
combining power from various sources to inject an alternating current
(AC current) into a load teach Appellants’ limitation of combining
power from various sources to inject an AC current into the mains
voltage?
(2) Have Appellants shown that the Examiner failed to establish that one of
ordinary skill in the art, at the time of the present invention, would have
found that the disclosure of Lansberry renders the claimed invention
unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)?
(3) Have Appellants shown that the Examiner failed to establish that one of
ordinary skill in the art, at the time of the present invention, would have
found that the combined disclosures of Fang and Emmerich with
Lansberry or Ashley renders the claimed invention unpatentable under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a)? Particularly, would the ordinarily skilled artisan
conclude that the claimed limitation of combining power from various
sources to inject an AC current into a mains voltage is obvious in light
of the combined teachings of Fang and Emmerich?
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