Appeal No. 2002-0721
Application No. 08/930,100
b) measuring a stereo base distance between said pair
of eyes;
c) measuring a respective alignment direction for each of
said pair of eyes;
d) establishing a fixation point of said pair of eyes based
on said stereo base distance and said respective alignment
directions; and
e) . . . .
Furthermore, we note that claims 14 through 20 and 25 through 43
are dependent upon claim 13 and thereby, through their
dependency, require the above limitation.
It is axiomatic that anticipation of a claim under § 102 can
be found only if the prior art reference discloses every element
of the claim. See In re King, 801 F.2d 1324, 1326, 231 USPQ 136,
138 (Fed. Cir. 1986) and Lindemann Maschinenfabrik GMBH v.
American Hoist & Derrick Co., 730 F.2d 1452, 1458, 221 USPQ 481,
485 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
For the above limitations, the Examiner argues that
Lamprecht discloses these steps in column 5, lines 18 through 35.
See page 6 of the answer. The Examiner also points to Lamprecht
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