An obviousness analysis “need not seek out precise teachings directed to the specific subject matter of the challenged claim, for a court can take account of the inferences and creative steps that a person of ordinary skill in the art would employ.” KSR, 550 U.S. at 418.
On this record, we are persuaded by Petitioner, that a person of ordinary skill would have updated data items stored by the remote client of Cassin by deleting old versions in order to yield the benefits of increasing accuracy and coherency as taught by Huston.
Patent 7,440,559 B2 Based on the evidence and arguments currently of record, for purposes of institution, we are sufficiently persuaded that Petitioner has demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of prevailing in showing that the combination of Cassin and Huston renders obvious claims 1, 7, 13, and 19.
Based on the evidence and arguments currently of record, for purposes of institution, we are sufficiently persuaded that Petitioner has demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of prevailing in showing that the combination of Cassin and Huston renders obvious claims 2, 8, 14, and 20.
Based on the evidence and arguments currently of record, for purposes of institution, we are sufficiently persuaded that Petitioner has demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of prevailing in showing that the combination of Cassin and Huston renders obvious claims 3, 9, 15, and 21.