Appeal No. 95-4994 Page 5
Application No. 08/133,294
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 is anticipated by White. Claim 1 reads on the
hockey stick clearly disclosed in Figure 8 of White. Claim 1
reads on White's hockey stick as follows: A play-head for a
hockey stick comprising, a generally rectangular body portion
having one end adapted to be mounted to a hockey stick handle
(White's body portion shown in Figure 8 is generally
rectangular), a middle portion having a front surface operative
for playing and impacting with a hockey puck (White's middle
portion of the body portion as shown in Figure 8 has a front
surface which is operative for playing and impacting with a
hockey puck), said middle portion having an elongated lower edge
operative to contact with a play surface of a hockey ring
(White's front surface shown in Figure 8 has an elongated lower
edge which is capable of contacting a play surface of a hockey
ring), said lower edge having an elongated recess formed therein
(White's front surface shown in Figure 8 has elongated recesses,
i.e., notched out portions 14), said recess having an elongated
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