Appeal No. 97-2606 Page 6
Application No. 08/017,568
Cir. 1984)); however, the law of anticipation does not require
that the reference teach what the appellants are claiming, but
only that the claims on appeal "read on" something disclosed
in the reference (see Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d
760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied,
465 U.S. 1026 (1984)).
Claim 1 recites a long bone prosthesis comprising, inter
alia, a neck portion, a stem portion including means for force
fit engaging a long bone canal, an intermediate portion
disposed between the neck portion and the stem portion, and
seal means disposed between the intermediate portion and each
of the neck and stem portions for containing cement under
pressure adjacent the intermediate portion and preventing
leaking of cement therefrom during implantation of the
prosthesis. Claim 1 further recites that the seal means
includes a circumferential flange (e.g., 24) "between the stem
portion (16) and the intermediate portion (20) extending
radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis (32) for press-
fit engaging the long bone canal (36)" and that the
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