Appeal No. 2003-1908
Application No. 09/747,608
the receptacle 1, which is made of phosphor bronze, consists of
an axial wall member 2, a pair of vertical lip bases 3 and 5, a
pair of resilient projecting lips 4 and 6 and a resilient second
lip 7, these elements being arranged as shown in Figures 1
through 5 to define two contact regions Q1 and Q2. Figure 7
shows the receptacle disposed within a housing composed of an
insulating sleeve 8 and a plug 9. A mating cable conductor 14'
in longitudinal alignment with the receptacle engages contact
regions Q1 and Q2.
Anticipation is established only when a single prior art
reference discloses, expressly or under principles of inherency,
each and every element of a claimed invention. RCA Corp. v.
Applied Digital Data Sys., Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ
385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1984). It is not necessary that the
reference teach what the subject application teaches, but only
that the claim read on something disclosed in the reference,
i.e., that all of the limitations in the claim be found in or
fully met by the reference. Kalman v. Kimberly Clark Corp., 713
F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied,
465 U.S. 1026 (1984).
As framed by the appellants (see pages 4 through 7 in the
main brief and pages 1 through 7 in the reply brief), the
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