Appeal No. 1998-0591
Application 08/538,517
point of rotation of the disc to the scanning location, (a)
the angular velocity decreases substantially, and (b) the
linear velocity increases substantially. Claim 13 depends
from claim 12.
The examiner has failed to set forth a prima facie case
of anticipation.
Anticipation is established only when a single prior art
reference discloses, either expressly or under the principles
of inherency, each and every element of the claimed invention.
In re Spada, 911 F.2d 705, 707, 15 USPQ2d 1655, 1657 (Fed.
Cir. 1990); RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Sys., Inc., 730
F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed.Cir. 1984). See also
In re
King, 801 F.2d 1324, 1326, 231 USPQ 136, 138 (Fed. Cir. 1986);
Lindemann Maschinenfabrik GMBH v. American Hoist & Derrick
Co., 730 F.2d 1452, 1458, 221 USPQ 481, 485 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
The prior art reference must either expressly or inherently
describe each and every limitation in a claim. Verdegaal
Bros. v. Union Oil Co., 814 F.2d 628, 631, 2 USPQ2d 1051, 1053
(Fed. Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 827 (1987).
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