Appeal No. 1998-3271
Application No. 08/563,156
length of the base portion, which is a considerable extent.
Consequently, we are not persuaded by the appellants’ argument.
Accordingly, we affirm the rejection of claims 5-8, 12, 18-20, 26
and 27 over Columbus.
Rejection of claims 5-8, 18-20 and 24
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Landis
In order for a claimed invention to be anticipated under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b), 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).
Landis discloses an apparatus for applying a coating
material under pressure to a surface of a continuous web
(figure 1), comprising a feed block (24), the feed block having a
base portion remote from the web and a taper portion more
proximate the web (figure 1), the feed block having a coating
supply reservoir within the base portion (figures 2 and 4), the
taper portion tapering from the base portion towards the web and
terminating in a tip portion proximate to and facing the web
(figure 1), the feed block having a plurality of coating feed
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