Appeal No. 2003-0549 Page 7
Application No. 09/149,408
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)). "[A]bsence from the reference of any claimed
element negates anticipation." Kloster Speedsteel AB v. Crucible, Inc., 793 F.2d 1565,
1571, 230 USPQ 81, 84 (Fed. Cir. 1986).
Here, Coleman discloses "a user interface for managing one or more document
pages arranged in stacks and for navigating within the stacks of document pages."
Col. 1, ll. 15-17. "[T]he information corresponding to each page image is represented
by a miniature replica of the information as it would appear on a printed page." Col. 6,
ll. 23-26. "[V]arious system processes may be performed on the current page of a
stack," col. 7, ll. 59-60, to reformat the page. One such "system process rotates the
current page." Col. 8, l. 9.
We are unpersuaded, however, that the reference rotates a page without altering
the original electronic page. To the contrary, "the process of page rotation comprises . .
. rotating [t]he page itself. . . ." Col. 13, ll. 1-2. More specifically, "the
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