Appeal No. 1997-1238
Application 08/169,570
objects for the purpose of updating a document or object
dynamically as changes are made to one of the documents or
objects. Appellants further argue that Van de Lavoir does not
teach, suggest or disclose the use of connections icons to
show the status or change in the status of the dynamic data
link itself.
It is axiomatic that anticipation of a claim under
§ 102 can be found only if the prior art reference discloses
every element of the claim. See In re King, 801 F.2d 1324,
1326, 231 USPQ 136, 138 (Fed. Cir. 1986) and Lindemann
Maschinenfabrik GMBH v. American Hoist & Derrick Co., 730 F.2d
1452, 1458,
221 USPQ 481, 485 (Fed. Cir. 1984). "Anticipation is
established only when a single prior art reference discloses,
expressly or under principles of inherency, each and every
element of a claimed invention." RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital
Data Sys., Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed.
Cir.), cert. dismissed, 468 U.S. 1228 (1984), citing Kalman v.
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