Appeal 2007-2127
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,621
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c. USPTO actions are not collateral estoppel ......................... 87
d. Context of all threads must be capable of being saved ...... 91
e. Arguments about 1991 application not considered ............ 92
f. Effective date for "multithreading" is not 1982 ................... 93
ANTICIPATION ................................................................................ 93
Krantz .............................................................................................. 93
De Jong ........................................................................................... 94
Issue ............................................................................................ 94
Principles of law ......................................................................... 94
Facts ............................................................................................ 94
Analysis ...................................................................................... 97
OBVIOUSNESS ................................................................................. 100
Krantz and Nitta .............................................................................. 100
Issue ............................................................................................ 100
Principles of law ......................................................................... 100
Facts ............................................................................................ 101
1. Scope of prior art ................................................................ 101
2. Content of Krantz ............................................................... 101
3. Content of Nitta .................................................................. 103
4. Differences .......................................................................... 104
5. Level of skill in the art ........................................................ 105
6. Objective evidence .............................................................. 106
Analysis ...................................................................................... 107
1. Objective evidence is not entitled to any weight ................ 107
2. Spelling and grammar checking ......................................... 109
3. Error message ..................................................................... 110
4. Cursor movement, screen scroll, and line deletion ............. 112
5. General lexical and syntactic analysis ................................ 112
6. Summary ............................................................................. 116
De Jong and Nitta or Heard ............................................................ 116
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