Appeal No. 1997-1173
Application No. 08/428,775
Anderson, Jr. et al. (Anderson, Jr.) 4,504,007 Mar. 12,
1985
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Matsubara.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Matsubara in view of Feilchenfeld.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Matsubara in view of Afzali-Ardakani.
Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Matsubara in view of Anderson, Jr.
Reference is made to the brief and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will reverse the rejections of claims 1 through 4.
Rejection of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
Anticipation of a claim is established only when a single
prior art reference discloses every limitation of the claimed
invention, either explicitly or inherently. RCA Corp. v.
Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221
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