Appeal No. 1996-3504 Application No. 08/265,648 We also interpret the claims “focussing optical lens means” as the specific lens design shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 and described at Page 5, lines 6 to 14, of the specification, which is provided below for convenience: The invention further includes a flow cell 30, shown particularly in enlarged form in Figs. 2 and 3, and in this embodiment, formed from a focussing optical lens means 32 shown as a compound lens system including solid focussing lens 33, typically made of glass, high molecular weight polymer or the like. Lens 33 is characterized by having an elongated hollow channel or fluid-flow conducting conduit 34 therein directed transversely to the optical axis of lens means 32, and comprising a tubular passage, typically of circular cross-section, through lens 33. At least a portion of such cylindrical conduit, reaction chamber 36, is disposed at the focal region 55 of lens means 32. The examiner has rejected claims 1 through 3 and 32 through 34 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by the disclosure of Bauman. To establish an anticipation under Section 102, the Bauman reference must disclose, either expressly or under the principles of inherency, each and every element of the claimed invention. See In re Spada, 911 F.2d 705, 708, 15 USPQ2d 1655, 1657 (Fed. Cir. 1990); RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007