Appeal No. 2005-2618
Application No. 10/060,494
OPINION
A rejection for anticipation 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).
Appellant acknowledges that the data card 232-1 described in
Bonora has light emitters as it communicates with the
communication means 236 which includes photodetectors and
responds to data transmitted by light emitting diode (brief, page
12). Appellant further argues that both units have LEDs used for
serial communication of data from one piece of equipment to
another instead of the visual direct communication to a human
operator without the use of an intermediary photodetector, as
recited in claim 1 (brief, page 15).
In response, the Examiner relies on the discussion of a
display in Bonora (col. 9, lines 2-11) and the teachings related
to the communications means 236 (col. 8, lines 40-46) and
characterizes the operator’s interaction with the container
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