Appeal No. 2002-0936
Application 09/946,920
As is shown in FIG. 6, the arms 52, 54 and 56 are
connected to driving means, contained in the block 48,
via support frames 52a, 54a and 56a, respectively, and
can be operated independent of one another. The frame
52a of the arm 52 is inserted in the block 48 through
an elongated opening 52b formed in the upper plate of
the block. The frame 54a of the arm 54 is inserted in
the block 48 through an elongated opening (not shown)
formed in a substantial center portion of the left side
plate of the block, as is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. The
frame 56a of the arm 56 is inserted in the block 48
through an elongated opening 56b formed in a lower
portion of the right side plate of the block, as is
shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. A rotary driving mechanism
consisting of a stepping motor and a ball screw
operable in synchronism therewith, a belt-driven slide
mechanism or the like is used as the driving mechanism
of the arms 52, 54 and 56 [column 5, lines 22 through
45].
Anticipation is established only when a single prior art
reference discloses, expressly or under principles of inherency,
each and every element of a claimed invention. RCA Corp. v.
Applied Digital Data Sys., Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ
385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1984). The examiner’s rather brief analysis
as to how Araki discloses each and every element of claims 1, 2,
5 through 12, 16 and 18 through 21 appears on page 4 in the
answer.
As indicated above, independent claim 1 requires a blade
comprising an upper platform having an upper object supporting
surface and a lower platform having a lower object supporting
surface with the upper object supporting surface being
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