Appeal No. 96-2520
Application 07/891,852
discloses, expressly or under principles of inherency, each
and every element of a
claimed invention." RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data
Systems, Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed.
Cir.), cert. dismissed, 468 U.S. 1228 (1984), citing Kalman v.
Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789
(Fed. Cir. 1983).
Appellant argues on pages 6 through 8 of the brief
that Sotome '124 fails to teach an integral metal diaphragm.
Appellant argues that because Sotome '124 teaches in Figure 4
that elements 12 and 14 as well as a project rim portion
holding the coil 17 all meet at a single point, it would be
difficult, if not impossible, to make an integrally formed
metal diaphragm. Appellant argues that although Sotome
teaches integrally forming the diaphragm shown in Figure 4,
this teaching is only for the embodiments of diaphragms made
of paper or plastic. Appellant argues that any method of
producing integrally formed metal diaphragms, as shown in
Figure 4, where three separate sheets are integrally connected
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