Appeal No. 1997-0629
Application No. 08/085,505
only when a single prior art reference discloses, expressly or
under the principles of inherency, each and every element of a
claimed invention as well as disclosing structure which is
capable of performing the recited functional limitations. RCA
Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Sys., Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444,
221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir.); cert. dismissed, 468 U.S. 1228
(1984); W.L.
Gore and Assoc, Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1554,
220
USPQ 303, 313 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851
(1984).
With respect to independent claim 2, the Examiner has
indicated (Answer, pages 3 and 4) how the various limitations
are read on the disclosure of Britton. In response,
Appellant’s arguments center on the alleged deficiency of
Britton in disclosing the requirements of subparagraph c) of
appealed
claim 2. We note that the relevant portion of claim 2
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