Ex Parte COON et al - Page 4



          Appeal No. 2002-1216                                                         
          Application No. 09/034,466                                                   
               With respect to the 35 U.S.C. § 102 rejection of claims 1,              
          4, 6 and 9, the Examiner relies on Figures 1A and 1B of Budde and            
          asserts that the shape and proportions of the connecting portion             
          between load beam spring 12 and proximate end 14 presents the                
          claimed “oblique angle” and lateral extent of the straight and               
          the radiused portions (answer, pages 9 & 10).  The Examiner,                 
          further provides enlarged copies of the shape of the connecting              
          portion, apparently obtained from Figure 1B, as exhibits A and B             
          (attached to the answer), to show the angle and the proportions              
          of the lateral extent.                                                       
               A rejection for anticipation under section 102 requires that            
          the four corners of a single prior art document describe every               
          element of the claimed invention, either expressly or inherently,            
          such that a person of ordinary skill in the art could practice               
          the invention without undue experimentation.  See Atlas Powder               
          Co. v. Ireco Inc., 190 F.3d 1342, 1347, 51 USPQ2d 1943, 1947                 
          (Fed. Cir. 1999); In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475, 1478-79, 31 USPQ2d            
          1671, 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1994).                                                 
               Appellants argue that there is no relevant text in Budde to             
          describe the claimed features or the advantages of one kind of               
          radius over another (brief, pages 11 & 12).  We agree with                   
          Appellants since when the reference does not specify that the                

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