Appeal No. 1997-3819
Application No. 08/278,153
limitations. RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Sys. Inc.,
730 F2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1984), cert.
dismissed, 468 U.S. 1228 (1984); W. L. Gore & Assocs., Inc. v.
Garlock Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1554, 220 USPQ 303, 313 (Fed.
Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984). “A reference
anticipates a claim if it discloses the claimed invention
'such that a skilled artisan could take its teachings in
combination with his own knowledge of the particular art and
be in possession of the invention.'” In re Graves 69 F.3d
1147, 1152, 36 USPQ2d 1697, 1701 (Fed. Cir. 1995), cert.
denied, 517 U.S. 1124 (1996) (citing In re LeGrice 301 F.2d
929, 936, 133 USPQ 365, 372 (CCPA 1962)).
Appellants argue on pages 5 and 6 of the appeal brief
(brief) that claim 1 includes the limitation that an image of
a line is formed on the surface of the object. Appellants
assert that this limitation is shown in the claim 1 recitation
of “means for detecting an image formed on a surface of said
object.” Appellants assert that Flodin teaches placing wire
in the line of sight of the operator, and does not disclose
detecting an image that is formed on the surface of the
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