Appeal No. 98-1044
Application 08/126,336
[t]he invention comprises a generally cylindircal
[sic] shaped body 10 which is composed of a rigid
lightweight material such as a plastic foam. The
body 10 has a pair of opposed surfaces 12 concavely
formed therein to engage the legs of the golfer. .
. . The body 10 is shown as also having a second
pair of opposed surfaces 14 formed therein but
spaced a different distance apart than surfaces 12
so as to accommodate a wider stance of the golfer.
As shown in FIG. 2, the body 10 is placed
between the legs 16 of the golfer at a position
generally right above the knees and the golfer
positions his legs 16 such that the surfaces 12 or
14 frictionally engage both of his legs [column 2,
lines 5 through 22].
Anticipation is established 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. 1984). It is not necessary that
the reference teach what the subject application teaches, but
only that the claim read on something disclosed in the
reference, i.e., that all of the limitations in the claim be
found in or fully met by the reference. Kalman v. Kimberly
Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir.
1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984).
The examiner's determination that the golf putting aid
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