Appeal No. 2005-2282 Page 12
Application No. 09/505,807
2. Anticipation Determination
"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.2d 760, 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, Figure 3 of Woodring "illustrat[es] one embodiment of the [reference's]
software architecture 200. . . . The software architecture 200 comprises . . . a local
multimedia Inter-Process Communication (IPC) channel 230, . . . a remote multimedia
IPC channel 250, and a communication engine 260." Col. 4, ll. 56-62. "As will be
appreciated by persons skilled in the art, the [aforementioned] IPC channel system
architecture 300 is generic to any producer-consumer relationship, whether it is local or
remote." Col. 6, ll. 10-12. Accordingly, the local multimedia IPC channel 230 and the
remote multimedia IPC channel 250 will each include its own queue controlled by its
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