Ex Parte OSTWALD et al - Page 3



          Appeal No. 2001-2664                                                        
          Application 09/354,814                                                      

               As held in In re Morris, 127 F.3d 1048, 1054, 44 USPQ2d                
          1023, 1027 (Fed. Cir. 1997):                                                
               the PTO applies to the verbiage of the proposed claims                 
               the broadest reasonable meaning of the words in their                  
               ordinary usage as they would be understood by one of                   
               ordinary skill in the art, taking into account whatever                
               enlightenment by way of definitions or otherwise that                  
               may be afforded by the written description contained in                
               the applicant's specification.                                         
          The appellants’ specification provides only general guidance as             
          to the proper interpretation of the claim term “library” as it              
          appears in the claims on appeal.  According to appellants,                  
               Automated data cartridge library systems are available                 
               in many shapes and sizes. The most common library                      
               systems are configured as either a two-dimensional                     
               array of storage cells that resemble bookshelves, or a                 
               cylinder of storage cells that resemble farm silos.                    
               (Specification, page 1)                                                
               Anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102 requires that “each and             
          every element as set forth in the claim is found, either                    
          expressly or inherently described, in a single prior art                    
          reference.”  In re Robertson, 169 F.3d 743, 745, 49 USPQ2d 1949,            
          1950 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (quoting Verdegaal Bros., Inc. v. Union Oil           
          Co., 814 F.2d 628, 631, 2 USPQ2d 1051, 1053 (Fed. Cir. 1987)).              




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