Appeal No. 1998-1968
Application 08/425,293
and either the pillar outer panel [9, 13] or a roof
panel [1]. The first extension of the pillar outer
panel may be connected to a hinge reinforcement [17]
for a back door [column 1, line 50 through column 2,
line 2].
Anticipation is established only when a single prior art
reference discloses, expressly or under principles of
inherency, each and every element of a claimed invention. RCA
Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Sys., Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444,
221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
Independent claim 1, reproduced above, requires the inner
projection of the rear inner panel, the outer projection of
the rear pillar stiffener and the stiffener projection of the
hinge stiffener to be laid sequentially one over the other and
joined together at ends thereof. Similarly, independent claim
11 requires the inner projection, outer projection and
stiffener projection to be disposed together in a stacked
manner and joined together at ends thereof. The examiner (see
pages 15 and 24 in the main answer) considers Shoda’s pillar
inner panel 8, first extension 13 and hinge stiffener 17 to
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