Appeal No. 97-2621
Application 08/432,442
axis past an apertured portion of said G3 electrode in
overlapping relationship therewith, and
on the side of G3 electrode facing said G2
electrode, said G3 electrode having two linear channels
therein on either side of the inline apertures therein, said
channels being immediately adjacent said projections on said
G2 electrode and in a spaced nested relationship therewith.
DISCUSSION
We affirm.
Our opinion is based only on the arguments presented by
the appellant in his brief and reply brief. Arguments not
raised in the briefs are not before us, are not at issue, and
are not considered.
The Anticipation Rejection
Anticipation is established only when a single prior art
reference discloses, either expressly or under the principles
of inherency, each and every element of the claimed invention.
In re Spada, 911 F.2d 705, 707, 15 USPQ2d 1655, 1657 (Fed.
Cir. 1990); RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Sys., Inc., 730
F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1984). See also
In re
King, 801 F.2d 1324, 1326, 231 USPQ 136, 138 (Fed. Cir. 1986);
Lindemann Maschinenfabrik GMBH v. American Hoist & Derrick
Co., 730 F.2d 1452, 1458, 221 USPQ 481, 485 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
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