As I have generally went over the 9 patents on the previous post, today, I would like to choose two patents and talk about its anticipation or obviousness and their claims.
Obviousness: Protective sleeve US 20100019023 A1
Generally, this invention was made to lessen the transfer of heat when hot or cold beverages are transferred to other containers. Although the container has to have a certain arch in the middle of the cup sleeve, I believe that an ordinary persona skilled in the art could put this together. It is highly likely that anyone trying to design a thermally insulating sleeve would replicate such protective sleeve like this patent. Claim 1 goes over the specific geometry of the sleeve, which does not flow well because Claims 1 to 4 explains the specifications of the geometry of the sleeve. These claims seem to be obvious to anyone skilled in this area.
Anticipation: Temperature Indicating sleeve and related container US 8118189 B1
This inventions was made to indicate the temperature of the beverage to tell whether the beverage is warm enough to drink. I personally never saw such container or sleeve that indicates the temperature of the beverage and never thought the idea until I read this patent. That is why I chose this patent since it was the only idea that I found it most original out of the 9 patents. In terms of anticipation and obviousness, I found it highly novel as no other patents talked about indicating temperature. This idea is very creative that makes it less anticipated and novel that makes it not obvious.
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