Appeal 2007-1412
Application 09/822,152
caption rather than censoring entire programs, which depend on a rating
system.) (Col. 2, ll. 15-21.)
8. Goddard teaches a method and content control system for setting and
adjusting the content rating parameters of a television program to block or
unblock future access to the program in its entirety. (Col. 3, ll. 28-55.) The
content control system compares the content rating of an example content to
previously set acceptable content rating parameters and adjusts the content
rating parameters of the system based on the comparison to block or unblock
future access to the example content and content similar to the example
content. (Col. 2, ll. 47-52.)
9. DeStefano teaches a method and system for highlighting logically
related terms within a document to visually showcase the relationship
between various concepts within said document. (Col. 3, ll. 6-22.)
PRINCIPLES OF LAW
1. OBVIOUSNESS (Prima Facie)
The Supreme Court in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 17-18,
148 USPQ 459, 467 (1966), stated that three factual inquiries underpin any
determination of obviousness:
Under § 103, [1] the scope and content of the prior art are to be
determined; [2] differences between the prior art and the claims
at issue are to be ascertained; and [3] the level of ordinary skill
in the pertinent art resolved. Against this background, the
obviousness or nonobviousness of the subject matter is
determined. Such secondary considerations as commercial
success, long felt but unsolved needs, failure of others, etc.,
might be utilized to give light to the circumstances surrounding
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