Appeal No. 2000-0007 Page 7
Application No. 08/586,919
directional antenna 10' also to receive the RF signal; a
direction sensor 12 in which a phase difference between
signals from the respective antennae is detected; a vehicle
drive mechanism 16; and an ultrasonic anti-collision circuit
14. The ultrasonic anti-collision circuit 14 includes an
ultrasonic wave sending vibrator 64 and a vibrator 65 for
receiving ultrasonic echo.
After reviewing claim 13 and the teaching of Suyama, it
is our determination that contrary to the position of the
examiner claim 13 is not readable on Suyama for the following 3
reasons. First, the claimed "transmitter means for sending
high frequency and ultrasonic signals to the vehicle" is not
readable on the transmitter means disclosed by Suyama. In
that regard, the ultrasonic transmitter of Suyama (i.e.,
3The inquiry as to whether a reference anticipates a
claim must focus on what subject matter is encompassed by the
claim and what subject matter is described by the reference.
As set forth by the court in Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.,
713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert.
denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984), it is only necessary for the
claims to "'read on' something disclosed in the reference,
i.e., all limitations of the claim are found in the reference,
or 'fully met' by it."
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