Appeal No. 99-0210
Application 08/732,285
the inventive concept of the claimed subject matter or
recognition of inherent properties that may be possessed by
the reference. See Verdegaal Bros. Inc. v. Union Oil Co. Of
California, 814 F.2d 628, 633, 2 USPQ2d 1051, 1054 (Fed. Cir.)
cert. denied, 484 U.S. 827 (1987). The law of anticipation
does not require that the reference teach what the applicant
is claiming, but only that the claim on appeal "read on"
something disclosed in the reference, i.e., all limitations of
the claim are found in the reference. See Kalman v. Kimberly-
Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir.
1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984). It is only
necessary that the reference include structure capable of
performing the recited function in order to meet the
functional limitations of the claim. See In re Mott, 557 F.2d
266, 269, 194 USPQ 305, 307 (CCPA 1977).
It is our view that the subject matter of claims 13, 15,
17-21 and 26 is anticipated by the seal disclosed in this
reference, while that of claims 16, 22-25 is not. In this
regard, we consider that in Figure 2 the reference shows an
anchoring wedge 7, a profiled base 5, a sealing pad 6 separate
from and parallel to a sealing lip 11 (claims 13 and 20), a
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