Appeal No. 1999-2446 Page 19
Application No. 08/705,592
proceedings before the PTO, that limitations are not to be
read into the claims from the specification. In re Van Geuns,
988 F.2d 1181, 1184, 26 USPQ2d 1057, 1059 (Fed. Cir. 1993)
citing In re Zletz, 893 F.2d 319, 321, 13 USPQ2d 1320, 1322
(Fed. Cir. 1989). Thus, it is our opinion that when claim 7
is given its broadest reasonable interpretation it is readable
on Scott's mat. Since anticipation is the epitome of
obviousness, we sustain the examiner's rejection of appealed
claim 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Scott.
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