[Success Case]
Case No. 2009 Xing-Zhuan-Su-Zi 122, Intellectual Property Court
[Decision Digest]
Claim 8 of the patent at issue comprises the addition of another signal to the USB connector to transmit two signals via two plugs, so that it can transmit another signal via the original electrical connector transmitting USB signals to reduce the deployment space of electrical connectors in electronic devices and thereby save space and reduce weight. That technical feature was not instructed in the prior art and cannot be easily accomplished with common knowledge in the technology field. The combination of exhibits 2 and 3 cannot prove claim 8 of the patent at issue lacks non-obviousness.
