Appeal No. 1997-1812
Application 08/055,382
For a reference to anticipate a claim, each and every
element of the rejected claim must be found either expressly
described or under the principles of inherency in the applied
reference. See, inter alia, RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data
Sys., Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir.
1984). It follows that the absence from the reference of any
element of the claim negates anticipation of that claim by the
reference. Kloster Speedsteel AB v. Crucible, Inc., 793 F.2d
1565, 1571, 230 USPQ 81, 84 (Fed. Cir. 1986), cert. denied,
479 U.S. 1034 (1987).
Independent claim 1 is directed to a turntable comprising
a plurality of modular generally pie-shaped panel units
adapted for assembly to cooperatively define a rotatable floor
of generally
circular shape, wherein the panel units are separated from
adjacent panel units along radial lines of separation, and
means for interconnecting each adjacent pair of panel units
along the radial line of separation therebetween, said means
comprising at least one wheel unit including a wheel bracket
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