Appeal No. 2001-0685 Page 4
Application No. 09/171,613
To support a rejection of a claim under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b), it must be shown that each element of the claim is
found, either expressly described or under principles of
inherency, in a single prior art reference. See Kalman v.
Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789
(Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984).
Claim 1, the sole independent claim on appeal, reads as
follows:
A urinal cone, particularly for a person of the
female gender, to apply to the genital region of the
person for the purpose of urinating, which urinal cone
can be set up from an essentially triangular shape to
form a funnel-shaped body, comprising an envelope with an
upper opening of a large diameter and an opposite-
positioned lower opening of a small diameter wherein the
outside contour of the upper opening has a continuously
tapered radius of curvature and the upper opening of the
envelope can be applied to the genital area of the person
in such a way that this area is enclosed tightly in order
for the person to urinate in a variety of positions
including sitting, standing and squatting.
Bartlett discloses a sanitary device intended to be used
by females in a standing position to conduct urine away from
the body in a substantially narrow stream. As shown in
Figures 1 to 5, the sanitary device 10 includes a tapered
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