Appeal No. 95-3129 Application 07/949,290 of the information. The sub-bar display means is such that the sub-sequences are displayed “each as an identifiable and discrete sub-bar having . . . a length which is proportional to a length of the represented sub-sequence” and such that there are “visible separation indications between each of the sub-bar display means.” It is well established patent law that for a reference to be properly anticipatory, each and every element of the rejected claim must be found either expressly described or under the principles of inherency in the applied reference. See, inter alia, RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Sys., Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1984). We have searched the disclosure of Tomoda in vain for any disclosure that the display means of Tomoda’s disc player displays the sub-sequences (i.e., tracks) of the disc as identifiable and discrete sub-bars having a length proportional to the length thereof and with visible separation indications between each of the tracks, as called for in independent claim 1. Finding no such disclosure, the standing § 102 rejection of claims 1-7, 10, 11 and 13-15 based on Tomoda cannot be sustained. As to the standing § 103 rejection of claims 8, 9 and 12 as being unpatentable over Tomoda in view of Utsugi, we have also -4-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007