Ex Parte Hensbergen et al - Page 8



                 Appeal 2007-1978                                                                                       
                 Application 10/185,702                                                                                 


                 address in the data request.  The transfer length specifies the number of                              
                 contiguous logical blocks of data to be transferred starting from the logical                          
                 block address.  (Col. 4, ll. 50-60.)                                                                   
                        8. Bennett discloses a transmitting system that temporarily stores                              
                 transmitted messages in a queue as unacknowledged messages until they are                              
                 acknowledged or until a time-out period has elapsed.  (Col. 3, ll. 45-52.)                             

                                              PRINCIPLES OF LAW                                                         
                                                1.  ANTICIPATION                                                        
                        It is axiomatic that anticipation of a claim under § 102 can be found                           
                 only if the prior art reference discloses every element of the claim.  See In re                       
                 King, 801 F.2d 1324, 1326 (Fed. Cir. 1986) and Lindemann                                               
                 Maschinenfabrik GMBH v. American Hoist & Derrick Co., 730 F.2d 1452,                                   
                 1458 (Fed. Cir. 1984).                                                                                 
                        In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102, a single prior art reference                         
                 that discloses, either expressly or inherently, each limitation of a claim                             
                 invalidates that claim by anticipation.  Perricone v. Medicis Pharmaceutical                           
                 Corp., 432 F.3d 1368, 1375-76 (Fed. Cir. 2005), citing Minn. Mining & Mfg.                             
                 Co. v. Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics, Inc., 976 F.2d 1559 (Fed. Cir.                                  
                 1992).  Anticipation of a patent claim requires a finding that the claim at                            
                 issue “reads on” a prior art reference.  Atlas Powder Co. v. IRECO, Inc., 190                          
                 F.3d 1342, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (“In other words, if granting patent                                  
                 protection on the disputed claim would allow the patentee to exclude the                               
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