Opinion ID: 4399257
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Heading: Edstrom

Text: Entitled “Electrical Static Discharge Method and Apparatus,” U.S. Patent Application No. 2004/0257726 A1 (“Edstrom”) (J.A. 326–36) “relates generally to electrical protection and safety,” specifically by “protecting areas having volatile material from electrical static discharge IN RE: TAYLOR 5 [(‘ESD’)].” J.A. 330. Edstrom discloses “[a]n [ESD] system comprise[d of] a user-accessible subsystem (for example, a first gasoline pump), a local ground, a resistor-fuse element, and a main ground,” in which “[t]he local ground dissipates a static electric charge from the user-accessible subsystem.” J.A. 326. Relevant here, Edstrom teaches that “the user-accessible subsystem includes a mat for a person to stand upon,” and the “mat is located in front of the first gasoline pump, such that a user attempting to use the first gasoline pump will stand on the mat when dispensing gasoline into a first motor vehicle.” J.A. 331–32.