Appeal No. 1999-1990 Page 9
Application No. 08/635,599
reference is analogous art is irrelevant to whether that
reference anticipates. See In re Self, 671 F.2d 1344, 1350,
213 USPQ 1, 7 (CCPA 1982). A reference may be from an
entirely different field of endeavor than that of the claimed
invention or may be directed to an entirely different problem
from the one addressed by the inventor, yet the reference will
still anticipate if it explicitly or inherently discloses
every limitation recited in the claims.
Since all the limitations of claim 1 are found in Fabrik
for the reasons stated above, the decision of the examiner to
reject claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is affirmed.
Claims 2 through 5
The appellants have grouped claims 1 through 5 as
standing or falling together. Thereby, in accordance with 374
CFR
4See page 3 of the appellants' brief.
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