Appeal No. 2003-0231 Page 6
Application No. 09/749,372
Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 827 (1987). The inquiry as to whether a reference
anticipates a claim must focus on what subject matter is encompassed by the claim and
what subject matter is described by the reference. As set forth by the court in Kalman
v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert.
denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984), it is only necessary for the claims to "'read on' something
disclosed in the reference, i.e., all limitations of the claim are found in the reference, or
'fully met' by it."
Claims 1 and 13, the independent claims on appeal read as follows:
1. A microscope slide carrier assembly adapted to carry slides and hold
related records at the same time comprising:
(a) a slide carrier being adapted to hold a plurality of microscope slides;
(b) a compartment being adapted to contain at least one sheet of paper;
and
(c) the slide carrier and the compartment being joined together.
13. A microscope slide carrier assembly for retaining printed reports, forms,
requisitions and worksheets associated with patient slides requiring a
microscopic review comprising a three-sided compartment with a lengthwise
opening for easy insertion of printed material secured to a slide carrier in order to
form the microscope slide carrier assembly.
Yuen's invention relates to a story book that has two pages, with the first page
having the beginning part of a story displayed therein; and with the second page
having the ending of the story located beneath a food tray, which when filled with food
hides the story but when emptied of food reveals the story ending. Figure 1 shows a
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