Appeal No. 2000-0142 Page 14
Application No. 08/705,569
reference resistor that is independent of and not part of a
current amplifier.
“[H]aving ascertained exactly what subject matter is
being claimed, the next inquiry must be into whether such
subject matter is novel.” Wilder, 429 F.2d at 450, 166 USPQ
at 548. “A claim is anticipated only if each and every
element as set forth in the claim is found, either expressly
or inherently described, in a single prior art reference.”
Verdegaal Bros., Inc. v. Union Oil Co., 814 F.2d 628, 631, 2
USPQ2d 1051, 1053 (Fed. Cir. 1987) (citing Structural Rubber
Prods. Co. v. Park Rubber Co., 749 F.2d 707, 715, 223 USPQ
1264, 1270 (Fed. Cir. 1984); Connell v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.,
722 F.2d 1542, 1548, 220 USPQ 193, 198 (Fed. Cir. 1983);
Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 771, 218 USPQ
781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983)).
Here, as aforementioned, the examiner equates De La
Plaza’s resistor R to a reference resistor and the
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reference’s transistor M to a current amplifier. De La Plaza
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