Appeal 2007-1117
Application 09/825,495
An application database 48 in the service routing server 30 in
Duursma includes a list of application servers, and each server in the list has
an associated set of applications (col. 10, ll. 56 to 58). Each application is
associated with “application-related information that can include the
application name, a list of servers, and client users that are authorized to use
that application” (col. 10, ll. 58 to 61). The application database 48 can be
located at any of the other servers in the network disclosed by Duursma (col.
10, ll. 41 to 50; col 15, ll. 5 to 9). Thus, Duursma describes a storage
means/register that pre-qualifies users based upon the parameters of the
services offered by the application servers (col. 11, ll. 12 to 31).
PRINCIPLES OF LAW
Anticipation is established when a single prior art reference discloses
expressly or under the principles of inherency each and every limitation of
the claimed invention. Atlas Powder Co. v. IRECO Inc., 190 F.3d 1342,
1347, 51 USPQ2d 1943, 1946 (Fed. Cir. 1999); In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475,
1478-79, 31 USPQ2d 1671, 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
During ex parte examination of an application, claims are given their
broadest reasonable interpretation consistent with the specification. In re
Graves, 69 F.3d 1147, 1152, 36 USPQ2d 1697, 1701, (Fed. Cir. 1995); In re
Etter, 756 F.2d 852, 858, 225 USPQ 1, 5 (Fed. Cir. 1985). The claims on
appeal are not confined to embodiments specifically described in the
specification. Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1323, 75 USPQ2d
1321, 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc).
ANALYSIS
As indicated supra, Duursma does describe the claimed feature of
intelligently selecting an application service provider server based on a
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