Appeal No. 2002-1395 Page 10
Application No. 08/789,702
Sprout Litig., 301 F.3d 1343, 1349, 64 USPQ2d 1202, 1206 (Fed. Cir. 2002).
"[A]nticipation is a question of fact." Hyatt, 211 F.3d at 1371, 54 USPQ2d at 1667
(citing Bischoff v. Wethered, 76 U.S. (9 Wall.) 812, 814-15 (1869); In re Schreiber, 128
F.3d 1473, 1477, 44 USPQ2d 1429, 1431 (Fed. Cir. 1997)). "A claim is anticipated . . .
if each and every element as set forth in the claim is found, either expressly or
inherently described, in a single prior art reference." Verdegaal Bros., Inc. v. Union Oil
Co., 814 F.2d 628, 631, 2 USPQ2d 1051, 1053 (Fed. Cir. 1987) (citing Structural
Rubber Prods. Co. v. Park Rubber Co., 749 F.2d 707, 715, 223 USPQ 1264, 1270
(Fed. Cir. 1984); Connell v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 722 F.2d 1542, 1548, 220 USPQ
193, 198 (Fed. Cir. 1983); Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d760, 771, 218
USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983)).
Here, Kirsch discloses "a computer system 10 for designing control logic for a
complex digital system represented in a hardware description language. . . ." Col. 2,
l. 66 - col. 3, l. 2. We find that the computer system defines part of a circuit in "a
plurality of macro files 13." Col. 3, l. 29. More specifically, "macro files 13 can be used
. . . to store macro definitions for related control logic operations as instruction groups,
such as arithmetic, move, branch and program control, bit manipulation, multiplication
or special instruction groups." Col. 5, ll. 14-18. Such "[a] macro definition associates
the macro name with a particular segment of microcode. . . ." Col. 3, ll. 37-39.
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