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          Appeal No. 2001-2194                                                        
          Application No. 08/995,722                                                  

          principles of inherency, each and every element of a claimed                
          invention.  See In re Schreiber, 128 F.3d 1473, 1477, 44 USPQ2d             
          1429, 1431 (Fed. Cir. 1997); In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475, 1478-             
          79, 31 USPQ2d 1671, 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1994); In re Spada, 911 F.2d            
          705, 708, 15 USPQ2d 1655, 1657 (Fed. Cir. 1990); and RCA Corp. v.           
          Applied Digital Data Sys., Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ              
          385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1984).  However, the law of anticipation does           
          not require that the reference teach specifically what an                   
          appellant has disclosed and is claiming but only that the claims            
          on appeal "read on" something disclosed in the reference, i.e.,             
          all limitations of the claim are found in the reference.  See               
          Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781,            
          789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984).                   

               Claims 1 through 3 set forth a docking unit for mounting a             
          portable computer comprising, inter alia, a first locking portion           
          and a second locking portion provided on the outer wall of a main           
          body (claim 1) or a first kensington slot and a second kensington           
          slot provided on the outer wall of a main body (claims 2 and 3).            
          Claims 12 and 13 are drawn to a portable electronic apparatus               
          comprising, inter alia, a first locking portion and a second                
          locking portion provided on the outer wall of a main body (claim            
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