Appeal No. 2005-2057 Page 6
Application No. 09/906,362
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]nticipation is a question of fact." In re Hyatt, 211 F.3d 1367, 1371, 54 USPQ2d
1664, 1667 (Fed. Cir. 2000) (citing Bischoff v. Wethered, 76 U.S. (9 Wall.) 812, 814-15
(1869); In re Schreiber, 128 F.3d 1473, 1477, 44 USPQ2d 1429, 1431 (Fed. Cir.
1997)). "A reference anticipates a claim if it discloses the claimed invention 'such that
a skilled artisan could take its teachings in combination with his own knowledge of the
particular art and be in possession of the invention '" In re Graves, 69 F.3d 1147, 1152,
36 USPQ2d 1697, 1701 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (quoting In re LeGrice, 301 F.2d 929, 936, 133
USPQ 365, 372 (CCPA 1962)).
Here, French "provides apparatus and methods for measuring a temporal
property of a luminescent sample." Col. 5, ll. 28-29. "Luminescence generally
refers to all emission of light, except incandescence, and may include photo-
luminescence. . . ." Col. 1, ll. 64-66. In turn, "photoluminescence . . . includes
fluorescence. . . ." Col. 2, l. 1.
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