Appeal No. 1997-0595 Page 9
Application No. 08/154,911
claimed invention, either explicitly or inherently (see Hazani
v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 126 F.3d 1473, 1477, 44 USPQ2d 1358,
1361 (Fed. Cir. 1997) 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 what the appellant is 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)).
Johnson discloses a mechanism for producing cushioning
dunnage. As shown in Figures 17-19, the dunnage producing
mechanism includes a pair of coacting rollers 114, 114a which
are driven to pull a strip of sheet-like material 104 through
a crumpler or folding mechanism 96, a roller 116, a belt 118,
a guide rod 148, a receptacle 150, and a cutter mechanism 152.
As shown in the drawings, these elements are carried by a
support.
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