Appeal No. 2004-1321 Page 4
Application No. 10/002,633
A claim is anticipated only 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.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 827 (1987). The inquiry as to whether a reference
anticipates a claim must focus on what subject matter is encompassed by the claim and
what subject matter is described by the reference. As set forth by the court in Kalman
v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert.
denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984), it is only necessary for the claims to "'read on' something
disclosed in the reference, i.e., all limitations of the claim are found in the reference, or
'fully met' by it."
Claim 1 reads as follows:
An impingement flow for a wall part, in which a plurality of impingement
orifices are arranged areally in a plane or curved carrier, the carrier being
arranged at a distance from the wall part, and an impingement area, to be cooled
or heated, of the wall part being designed as a relief, wherein
- that side of the wall part which faces the impingement jet is
provided with a number of troughs arranged next to one another, said troughs
being in the form of spherical cups or similar rotationally symmetrical forms, one
impingement jet per trough being provided, which impingement jet strikes a
trough base at least approximately perpendicularly, and
- that side of the wall part which is remote from the impingement jet
is of at least roughly plane design.
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