Appeal No. 97-2992 Page 3
Application No. 08/521,836
Aslanian et al. [Aslanian] 5,111,384 May 5,
1992
Claims 6 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)
as anticipated by Aslanian.
We refer to the brief and answer for the respective
positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We reverse.
Anticipation, under 35 U.S.C. 102, requires that each
element of the claim in issue be found, either expressly
described or under principles of inherency, in a single prior
art reference. Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760,
772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983).
Each of the instant independent claims requires, inter
alia, a “non-volatile memory data print command discriminating
means” and a “non-volatile memory data printing means.” While
the examiner has pointed to many portions of Aslanian [final
rejection, page 2], including Figures 1 and 4, column 2, lines
22-44, column 3, lines 12-37, column 8, lines 3-49, column 9,
lines 20-57, column 10, lines 1-52 and column 20, lines 51-65,
and has indicated, generally, that Aslanian discloses all of
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