Appeal No. 1999-2075
Application No. 08/482,944
Examiner’s interpretation of Fellous, there is no disclosure of the
position, attitude, and range measurement apparatus set forth in
appealed claim 1.
After reviewing the Fellous reference in light of the
arguments of record, we are in general agreement with the
Examiner’s position as expressed in the Answer. We do not find
persuasive Appellants’ contention (Brief, page 4) that, while the
sensors 28-30 in Fellous provide information as to the geometrical
characteristics of the filming system, there is no indication in
Fellous that such information includes position, attitude, and
range information. We note, however, that, although Fellous may
not spell out every detail of the claimed invention, a reference
anticipates a claim if it discloses the claimed invention “such
that a skilled artisan could take its teachings in combination with
his own knowledge of the particular art and be in possession of the
invention.” In re Graves, 69 F.3d 1147, 1152, 36 USPQ2d 1697, 1701
(Fed. Cir. 1995), quoting from In re LeGrice, 301 F.2d 929, 936,
133 USPQ 365, 372 (CCPA 1962).
In our view, the disclosure in Fellous (column 6, lines 23-25)
describing sensor information relating to height and orientation of
the camera in relation to its pedestal is clearly position
information as claimed. Similarly, although Fellous does not use
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