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               Appeal No. 2003-1842                                                                          Page 5                   
               Application No. 09/179,290                                                                                             


               Accordingly, the limitations require using the same color look-up table for a source                                   
               image and an output image.                                                                                             


                                                2. ANTICIPATION DETERMINATION                                                         
                       "Having construed the claim limitations at issue, we now compare the claims to                                 
               the prior art to determine if the prior art anticipates those claims."  In re Cruciferous                              
               Sprout Litig., 301 F.3d 1343, 1349, 64 USPQ2d 1202, 1206 (Fed. Cir. 2002).  "A claim                                   
               is anticipated only if each and every element as set forth in the claim is found, either                               
               expressly or inherently described, in a single prior art reference."  Verdegaal Bros., Inc.                            
               v. Union Oil Co., 814 F.2d 628, 631, 2 USPQ2d 1051, 1053 (Fed. Cir. 1987) (citing                                      
               Structural Rubber Prods. Co. v. Park Rubber Co., 749 F.2d 707, 715, 223 USPQ 1264,                                     
               1270 (Fed. Cir. 1984); Connell v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 722 F.2d 1542, 1548, 220                                       
               USPQ 193, 198 (Fed. Cir. 1983); Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d760, 771,                                      
               218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983)).  "[A]bsence from the reference of any claimed                                     
               element negates anticipation." Kloster Speedsteel AB v. Crucible, Inc., 793 F.2d 1565,                                 
               1571, 230 USPQ 81, 84 (Fed. Cir. 1986).                                                                                


                       Here, Suzuki discloses "an image processing method for compressing image                                       
               data in accordance with a color of each portion of an image and to an image                                            
               communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving image data compressed by                                        








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