Appeal No. 2003-1363
Application No. 09/608,985
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).
Independent claim 1 is drawn to a fastening and retention
system for a strap with a feature of one or more retention loops
comprising a first component of a mating structure and a strap
comprising a complementary component of the mating structure,
wherein the mating structure comprises a protruding member and an
aperture sized to mate with the protruding member, and wherein
the mating structure prevents the loop from sliding freely along
the strap when the two components are mated. Independent claim
19 sets forth a system with the feature of first and second
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