Appeal No. 1999-0172
Application 08/334,733
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). It is not necessary that
the reference teach what the subject application teaches, but
only that the claim read on something disclosed in the
reference, i.e., that all of the limitations in the claim be
found in or fully met by the reference. Kalman v. Kimberly
Clark Corp.,
713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert.
denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984).
The appellants contend that Mansell is not anticipatory
because it does not meet the freight tracking limitations in
the claims. This argument is persuasive with respect to
independent method claims 10 and 27, but not with respect to
independent system claim 1.
Although the Mansell reference teaches using the GPS
tracking system disclosed therein to determine the locations
of cargo and freight hauling vehicles, it does not disclose
such use in the environment of a freight yard. Thus, Mansell
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