Ex Parte Mazed

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Mar 29, 2016

12238286 (P.T.A.B. Mar. 29, 2016)

UNITED STA TES p A TENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
APPLICATION NO. FILING DATE FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
12/238,286 09/25/2008 Mohammad A. Mazed
27774 7590 03/31/2016
MA YER & WILLIAMS PC
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EXAMINER
STEVENS, THOMAS H
ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER
2126
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
Ex parte MOHAMMAD A. MAZED
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Application 12/238,286 1
Technology Center 2100
Before JEFFREYS. SMITH, IRVINE. BRANCH, and AMBER L. HAGY,
Administrative Patent Judges.
BRANCH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellant appeals under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the Examiner's
decision to reject claims 114, 117-131, 133, 134, and 136-165, all pending
claims. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b ). We affirm.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellant's claimed subject matter provides
[a] portable Internet appliance is disclosed herein, that is
capable of accessing any content, at any time, from any place
and interacting with anything, wherein anything is comprising
of one or more of the following: a processor module, a memory
1 According to Appellant, the real party in interest is Mohammad A. Mazed
(App. Br. 1).
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module, a sensor module, a radio module, a camera module, a
battery module, a biosensor module, a biomarker and an
algorithm.
Spec. Abstract.
Claim 114 is illustrative:
114. An intelligent appliance, comprising:
a processor module;
a memory module;
an operating algorithm stored in the memory module;
an internet protocol address stored in the memory
module;
an input module;
an output module;
a radio transceiver module;
an electrical powering module;
an outer package; and
a set of executable instructions stored in the memory
module coupled to the processor module;
wherein the memory module is configured for storage of
first activity inputs from one or more users;
wherein the memory module is configured for storage of
second activity inputs from one or more objects;
wherein the processor module is configured for analysis
of the first and second activity inputs, utilizing an intelligent
learning set of instructions;
wherein the processor module is further configured for a
suggestion to the output module based on the analysis of the
first activity inputs and second activity inputs;
wherein the intelligent learning set of instructions
comprises: an algorithm selected from the group consisting of:
artificial intelligence, data mining, fuzzy logic, machine vision,
natural language processing, neural networks, pattern
recognition, reasoning modeling and self-learning;
wherein the intelligent learning set of instructions further
comprises: an algorithm selected from the group consisting of:
algorithm-as-a-service, behavior modeling, physical search
algorithm and software agent;
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wherein the output module is selected from the group
consisting of: a display, a single-touch-screen display, a multi-
touch-screen display, a tiltable display, a stretchable display and
a holographic display and the output module is configured for a
signal reception from an input selected from the group
consisting of: a stylus, a human touch, a voice activated
module, a wire, an infrared module, a radio module and a
millimeter wave module;
wherein the radio transceiver module selected from the
group consisting of: a wibree module, a bluetooth module, a
WiFi module, an ultra-wideband module and a millimeter wave
module; and
wherein at least one of the objects comprises:
a radio transmitter module or a first sensor module; and
the object further comprising: a connection for
communication, the connection for communication selected
from the group consisting of: the radio transmitter module and
first sensor module.
THE REJECTIONS
Appellant appeals the Examiner's rejections as follows (App. Br. 12): 2
Claims 114, 134, 139, and 141 as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) in
view ofStivoric (US 2008/0167535 Al; published July 10, 2008) and
Haider (US 200710168225 A 1; published July 19, 2007);
Claim 136 as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) in view of Stivoric,
Haider, and Sakamoto (US 5,285,279; issued Feb. 8, 1994);
Claim 147 as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) in view of Stivoric,
Haider, and Fukuoka (US 6,122,766; issued Sept. 19, 2000);
2 Throughout this Opinion, we refer to (1) Final Action mailed November
28, 2012 ("Final Act."); (2) the Appeal Brief filed May 22, 2103 ("App.
Br."); (3) the Examiner's Answer mailed August 6, 2103 ("Ans."); and (4)
the Reply Brief filed October 4, 2013 ("Reply Br.").
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Claim 149 as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) in view of Stivoric,
Haider, and Leibovich (US 2007 /0079008 Al; published Apr. 5, 2007);
Claim 151 as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) in view of Stivoric,
Haider, and Fabrega-Sanchez (US 7,548,762 B2; issued June 16, 2009). See
Final Act. 5-65.
ANALYSIS
We have reviewed Appellant's arguments (App. Br. 13-30; Reply Br.
2-11) and are unpersuaded of error in the Examiner's decision to reject
claims 114, 117-131, 133, 134, and 136-165 as obvious. We sustain the
Examiner's rejections for the reasons stated by the Examiner. Final Act. 5-
65; Ans. 6-11. We adopt the Examiner's findings and conclusion that all
pending claims are obvious over the cited references.
DECISION
TheExaminer'sdecisionrejectingclaims 114, 117-131, 133, 134,
and 13 6-165 is affirmed.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with
this appeal may be extended under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136(a)(l )(iv).
AFFIRMED
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