Appeal No. 2002-1143
Application No. 09/085,933
defining a bore and a plurality of annular or circumferential
grooves 18 distributed along its length (column 2, lines 55-57) to
define a plurality of core segments along the outer surface of the
liner element. Thus, adaptor 401 of King, liner 24 of Graham,
coupling 32 of Folden, and liner element 14 of Neuhauser meet all
the structural limitations found in the body of claim 21. Further,
each of the above enumerated prior art devices constitutes a “core”
as broadly set forth in the preamble of claim 21 in that each is
fully capable of functioning, without modification, as a core
within the generally accepted meaning of that term notwithstanding
that each prior art device relates to an entirely different field
of endeavor than that of appellant’s device and may be directed to
an entirely different problem from the one addressed by the
appellant in the present case. Hence, claim 21 “reads on” adaptor
401 of King, liner 24 of Graham, coupling 32 of Folden, and liner
element 14 of Neuhauser such that claim 21 is also anticipated by
King, Graham, Folden and Neuhauser.
Claim 26 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by each of Dow, Graham and Folden.
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