Appeal No. 1998-1412
Application No. 08/397,124
material for the screening of intensive irradiation by sunlight....” (Specification, page
3, last paragraph). Moreover, it is further disclosed in the specification that the
composite material is used “preferably in plant cultivation.” (Specification page, 5,
line 28). The language of the specification however, does not limit the utilization of
the material to plant cultivation, particularly as the Appellants state, page 5, lines 32-
33, that it can be used “as a substrate film.” Accordingly, we conclude that any
composite material capable of screening solar radiation falls within the scope of the
claimed subject matter.
In order for a claimed invention to be anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102, all of
the elements of the claim must be found in one reference. See Scripps Clinic &
Research Found. v. Genentech Inc., 927 F.2d 1565, 1576, 18 USPQ2d 1001, 1010
(Fed. Cir. 1991).
Armanini describes decorative objects with multi-colored effects. These
objects can be obtained by coating a transparent substrate with a combined transparent
film-forming medium, an interference pigment and an absorption colorant to form a
composite material. (Column 3, lines 23-29). Armanini discloses any object which is
transparent or semitransparent can be coated with or formed from the combined
transparent film-forming medium, an interference pigment and an absorption colorant.
(Column 4, lines 41-46). Example 4 describes thermoplastic sheet formed from low
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