Appeal No. 97-4242
Application 08/451,281
1479, 31 USPQ2d 1671, 1675 (Fed. Cir. 1994), In re Spada, 911
F.2d 705, 708, 15 USPQ2d 1655, 1657 (Fed. Cir. 1990), and RCA
Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc., 730 F.2d 1440,
1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1984). However, the law of
anticipation does not require that the reference teach
specifically what an appellant
has disclosed and is claiming but only that the claims on
appeal "read on" something disclosed in the reference, i.e.,
all limitations of the claim are found 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 is drawn to a fall protection safety suit
compris-ing, inter alia, a coverall and a strap assembly, with
the strap assembly being configured for automatic adjustment
from a first loose fitting position to a second fall-protect
position about a wearer responsive to a fall-arresting force,
and with the strap assembly in the second position being
tight-fitting about the wearer and positioned to distribute
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