Appeal No. 1998-1610
Application No. 08/551,319
determinations which follow.
The rejection of claims 1, 3 and 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
We reverse the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 3 and 7
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
Anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is established only
when a single prior art reference discloses, either
expressly or under principles of inherency, each and every
element of a claimed invention. See In re Schreiber, 128 F.3d
1473, 1477, 44 USPQ2d 1429, 1431 (Fed. Cir. 1997), In re
Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475, 1478-1479, 31 USPQ2d 1671, 1673 (Fed.
Cir. 1994),
In re Spada, 911 F.2d 705, 708, 15 USPQ2d 1655, 1657 (Fed.
Cir. 1990), and RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Sys., Inc.,
730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
Claim 1, drawn to a sleep pad for use in an infant's
crib, requires (a) a pad member having a top, a bottom and
5
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007