Appeal No. 2001-2192 Application 09/116,906 Found. v. Genentech Inc., 927 F.2d 1565, 1576, 18 USPQ2d 1001, 1010 (Fed. Cir. 1991). A fair reading of Fontaine supports the appellant’s view that the reference discloses a pressure sensitive sheet sensor composed of separator 1, wire mesh contact sheets 2 and 3, conductive contacts 4 and arguably delay circuit 7. A person of ordinary skill in the art would readily appreciate that it is only through the cooperative interaction of these elements that the Fontaine device is capable of sensing pressure (i.e., the weight of a person sitting on the device). The delay circuit 7 does not, in and of itself, perform this function, and thus does not alone meet the “pressure sensitive sheet sensor” limitation in claim 11 as urged by the examiner. Since Fontaine does not disclose a seat pad having a slit as defined by claim 11 for receiving the foregoing pressure sensitive sheet sensor components, it does not respond to each and every element of the invention set forth in the claim. Accordingly, we shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of independent claim 11, and dependent claim 13, as being anticipated by Fontaine. 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007