Appeal No. 2005-0883
Application No. 08/964,518
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (Paper
Nos. 12 and 14) and answer (Paper No. 13) for the respective
positions of the appellants and examiner regarding the merits of
this rejection.
DISCUSSION
Anticipation is established only when a single prior art
reference discloses, expressly or under principles of inherency,
each and every element of a claimed invention. RCA Corp. v.
Applied Digital Data Sys., Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ
385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1984). In other words, there must be no
difference between the claimed invention and the reference
disclosure, as viewed by a person of ordinary skill in the field
of the invention. Scripps Clinic & Research Found. v. Genentech
Inc., 927 F.2d 1565, 1576, 18 USPQ2d 1001, 1010 (Fed. Cir. 1991).
Hojyo discloses a leadframe assembly designed to prevent
deformation of its leads during various manufacturing processes.
Figures 1 through 3 show a leadframe 10 stamped from a strip of
metal and still attached to peripheral side rails 16 and section
bars 18. The leadframe includes a centrally-located die pad 11
defined by a partially plated part 19 connected to the side rails
and section bars by tie bars 17 and a plurality of leads 12
spaced from and extending outwardly of the die pad to the side
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