Ex Parte Arakawa - Page 5

                Appeal 2007-0996                                                                             
                Application 09/949,721                                                                       
                                     IV. ANTICIPATION ANALYSIS                                               
                      "[A]nticipation of a claim under § 102 can be found only if the prior                  
                art reference discloses every element of the claim. . . ."  In re King, 801 F.2d             
                1324, 1326, 231 USPQ 136, 138 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (citing Lindemann                             
                Maschinenfabrik GMBH v. American Hoist & Derrick Co., 730 F.2d 1452,                         
                1458, 221 USPQ 481, 485 (Fed. Cir. 1984)).  "[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, Figures 1 and 2 of Inbar respectively "show a perspective partial                
                cut-away illustration and a cross-sectional view of a transparency                           
                viewer 10. . . ."  (Col. 16, ll. 53-55.)  "[T]ransparencies (films) 16 are held              
                on [a] faceplate 14" (id. ll. 58-59) of the viewer.  "Liquid Crystal                         
                Arrays (LCAs) 20 and 22 is [sic] located interior to faceplate 14."  (Id. ll. 64-            
                66.)  "A Brightness Enhancement Film (BEF) 24. . . is optionally located                     
                behind the LCAs."  (Col. 17, ll. 8-10.)                                                      


                      As aforementioned, the Examiner reads the claims' "image data                          
                supplying source" on the reference's BEF.  Inbar discloses the operation of                  
                the BEF as follows.                                                                          
                      BEF 24 preferentially accepts light from off-normal directions                         
                      and redirects them in a narrow cone around the normal.  Light                          
                      from the normal direction is mostly reflected back.  It should be                      
                      appreciated that this process of preferring off-axis light and                         
                      reflecting back a significant proportion of normally-incident                          



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