Ex parte FRUECHTENICHT - Page 6




          Appeal No. 2000-1474                                       Page 6           
          Application No. 08/962,902                                                  


          Verdegaal Bros. Inc. v. Union Oil Co., 814 F.2d 628, 631, 2                 
          USPQ2d 1051, 1053 (Fed. Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 827                   
          (1987).  The 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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