Appeal No. 2002-0068 Page 9
Application No. 09/102,038
Sprout Litig., 301 F.3d 1343, 1349, 64 USPQ2d 1202, 1206 (Fed. Cir. 2002). "A claim
is anticipated only if each and every element as set forth in the claim is found, either
expressly or inherently described, in a single prior art reference." Verdegaal Bros., Inc.
v. Union Oil Co., 814 F.2d 628, 631, 2 USPQ2d 1051, 1053 (Fed. Cir. 1987) (citing
Structural Rubber Prods. Co. v. Park Rubber Co., 749 F.2d 707, 715, 223 USPQ 1264,
1270 (Fed. Cir. 1984); Connell v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 722 F.2d 1542, 1548, 220
USPQ 193, 198 (Fed. Cir. 1983); Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d760, 771,
218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983)). "[A]bsence from the reference of any claimed
element negates anticipation." Kloster Speedsteel AB v. Crucible, Inc., 793 F.2d 1565,
1571, 230 USPQ 81, 84 (Fed. Cir. 1986).
Here, HTML 4 discloses that "[a]bsolute linking is the solution for any link that will
take you from a page on your site, to a page somewhere else on the Internet." P. 32.
By way of example, Figure 3.5 of the reference shows that an "absolute link in [an]
article on Microsoft's site is hotlinked to Molly's site." P. 33. "Click on the link, and
Molly's home page appears." P. 34. Figure 3.6 of HTML 4 shows Molly's home page
within a window of a browser. The examiner does not allege, let alone show, that
control information is received from the browser in the Figures. Nor does the examiner
allege, let alone show, that control information is derived from execution of an applet in
a first HTML page and relates a file name for a second HTML file with a command to
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