Ex Parte Gennetten et al - Page 5

              Appeal 2007-0434                                                                       
              Application 10/041,207                                                                 
              1057, 1059 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (citing In re Zletz, 893 F.2d 319, 321, 13                 
              USPQ2d 1320, 1322 (Fed. Cir. 1989)).                                                   

                    Here, independent claims 1 and 21 recite in pertinent part the                   
              following limitations: "assigning an identifier to said digital image, said            
              identifier uniquely identifying said digital image so that said digital image          
              can be accessed over a network."  Giving the independent claim the                     
              broadest, reasonable construction, the limitations require assigning to a              
              digital image an identifier that is unique within a network.                           

                            B. ANTICIPATION AND OBVIOUSNESS ANALYSIS                                 
                    "Having construed the claim limitations at issue, we now compare the             
              claims to the prior art to determine if the prior art anticipates those claims."       
              In re Cruciferous Sprout Litig., 301 F.3d 1343, 1349, 64 USPQ2d 1202,                  
              1206 (Fed. Cir. 2002).  "[A]nticipation of a claim under § 102 can be found            
              only if the prior art reference discloses every element of the claim. . . ."  In       
              re King, 801 F.2d 1324, 1326, 231 USPQ 136, 138 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (citing               
              Lindemann Maschinenfabrik GMBH v. American Hoist & Derrick Co., 730                    
              F.2d 1452, 1458, 221 USPQ 481, 485 (Fed. Cir. 1984)).  "[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, Squilla describes "software and [a] system for cataloging digital          
              images into an electronically stored collection or library."  (Col. 1, ll. 7-9.)       
              "Referring to FIG. 2, there is illustrated a flow diagram of the operation of . .      

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