Appeal No. 1998-0659
Application No. 08/264,527
Co., 730 F.2d 1452, 1458, 221 USPQ 481, 485 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
"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), cert. dismissed, 468
U.S. 1228 (1984), citing Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713
F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983) cert.
denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984).
Appellants argue that Matsushima does not disclose means7
for generating a masking noise signal in an ultrasonic
frequency range, and means for applying the masking signal
physically to a patient to alleviate the symptoms caused by
tinnitus. Specifically, Appellants assert that Matsushima
teaches that the frequency of the stimulating signal for
tinnitus relief is 10 Hz and that the 30 kHz conduction
frequency relates to the magnetic coupling system between the
coils of this reference and has nothing to do with the
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