Appeal No. 2001-2031
Application No. 09/071,825
Representative independent claim 13 is reproduced as
follows:
13. A method for locating a target inanimate entity with a
locating device, the method comprising detecting a polarization
charge pattern in accordance with a spatially non-uniform
electric field pattern by a dielectrophoresis force exhibited by
the target inanimate entity.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Bakhoum 5,300,889 Apr. 5, 1994
Claims 8 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as
anticipated by Bakhoum.
Claims 1-7, 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
unpatentable over Bakhoum.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
Under 35 U.S.C. 102(b), a reference must disclose,
explicitly or implicitly, every limitation of the claimed
invention. Glaxo Inc. v. Novopharm Ltd., 52 F.3d 1043, 1047, 34
USPQ2d 1565, 1567 (Fed. Cir.), cert. Denied, 516 U.S. 988 (1995).
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