... of Law: Obviousness A. A claim is unpatentable as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious to a person ...
... patents, respectively,” Petitioner reasons that a person of ordinary skill in the art “would have known that both companies were working on VR systems, including in concert and on complementary technologies” such that a person ...
Based on this assertion, Petitioner reasons that a person of ordinary skill in the art “would have understood that Pedrotti’s system could (or at a minimum obviously could) use ‘highlighting’—i.e., ‘visually outlining or changing the color of an object’—which was frequently used to facilitate ...
In addition, Petitioner asserts that a person of ordinary skill in the art would have known that highlighting “happens (or obviously happens) when 15 IPR2023-01023 Patent 10,798,509 B1 the user’s PED is pointed at the fence” and that “Pedrotti’s fence is displayed when a ...
Further, Petitioner replies that persons of ordinary skill in the art “would have known that binaural sounds would, like highlighting, be used to facilitate interaction with, and selection of, other sound-producing virtual objects disclosed by Pedrotti, Jang, and Begault.” Pet. ...
... of ordinary skill in the art “would have recognized that Pedrotti describes an advantageous method for defining boundaries for virtual environments, including to protect users.” Id. (citing id. at 5–7). In addition, Petitioner opines that “[i]n AR and VR environments, immersivity is key, and users risk personal injury ...
Petitioner reasons that persons of skill in the art “would have known 39 IPR2023-01023 Patent 10,798,509 B1 that with a McCulloch system, a user would point a controller at an SLP, e.g., a sound-producing virtual image.” Id. As an example, Petitioner asserts ...
Welch testifies that ‘no sane person of ordinary skill or sane person in general who knows something about sensors and system like this would ever attempt to do that.’” Id. at 10 (citing Ex. 2012, 233:17–235:10). e) Discussion We agree ...