Appeal 2007-0470
Application 09/976,997
Radloff discloses an assembly for retaining an expansion card 12 and
a filler panel 14 in a personal computer chassis 16 (Radloff, col. 3, ll. 20-22;
Fig. 1). The chassis includes an elevated post 16f and tab 16g that are
defined in horizontal shelf 16d. The post and the tab locate and retain the
filler panel relative to the access point B (Radloff, col. 3, ll. 41-47). Post 16f
prevents the filler panel mount 14b from moving in a perpendicular direction
as indicated by arrow 20 in Fig. 1. Similarly, tab 16g locates and retains the
filler panel mount 14b in a lateral direction as indicated by arrow 22 in Fig.
1. The filler panel mount is then secured by a screw to the shelf 16d through
the post 16f (Radloff, col. 4, ll. 50-60). As best seen in Fig. 1, the filler
panel 14 is curved at its lower end and is inserted into a slot 16k2 in the
chassis (Radloff, Fig. 1).
PRINCIPLES OF LAW
Anticipation is established only when a single prior art reference
discloses, expressly or under the principles of inherency, each and every
element of a claimed invention as well as disclosing structure which is
capable of performing the recited functional limitations. RCA Corp. v.
Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385,
388 (Fed. Cir. 1984); W.L. Gore and Associates, Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721
F.2d 1540, 1554, 220 USPQ 303, 313 (Fed. Cir. 1983).
2 Although numeral 16k is shown in Fig. 1 of Radloff, it is not described in
the text of the patent. Radloff, however, identifies a commensurate structure
16j as a slot that receives the bottom end of bracket support 18a (Radloff,
col. 4, ll. 19-22). Based on the similarity between the structure identified by
numerals 16j and 16k respectively in Fig. 1, we presume numeral 16k
represents a slot in the chassis.
5
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
Last modified: September 9, 2013