Appeal No. 97-0935
Application 08/340,905
Union Oil Co., 814 F.2d 628, 633, 2 USPQ2d 1051, 1054 (Fed.
Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 827 (1987)), or that the
reference teach what the applicant is claiming, but only that
the claim on appeal "reads on" something disclosed in the
reference, i.e., all limitations of the claim are found in the
reference (Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772,
218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S.
1026 (1984)).
Claim 14 stands rejected as being anticipated by
Collison. Collison discloses a bone plate assembly comprising
a bone plate 3 having screw holes 4 therein. The bone
fixation device or screw is used to connect the bone plate to
the bone. The screw of Collison has a shaft with a head, the
head having a cruciate profile for contact with a driving
tool. The shaft of the screw has an upper portion with
threads 13 thereon and a frustoconical portion that narrows
down into a cylindrical pilot portion that extends from the
threads 13 to the tip of the screw. This pilot portion has
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