Appeal 2007-1478
Application 10/359,861
lights to come on when the engine ignition is on. See page 20 of the
1998 Volvo S70 &V70 Owner’s Manual.
16) The 1998 Volvo S70 & V70 cars had the front license plate mounted
on the front bumper. See picture on cover of the 1998 Volvo S70 &
V70 Owner’s Manual.
PRINCIPLES OF LAW
We may rely on Appellants’ disclosure to determine the meaning of
the terms used in the claims. During examination, a claim is given its
broadest reasonable construction consistent with the specification. In re
Prater, 415 F.2d 1393, 1404-05, 162 USPQ 541, 550-51 (CCPA 1969).
“[I]nterpreting what is meant by a word in a claim ‘is not to be confused
with adding an extraneous limitation appearing in the specification, which is
improper.’” In re Cruciferous Sprout Litigation, 301 F.3d 1343, 1348,
64 USPQ2d 1202, 1205 (Fed. Cir. 2002).
Anticipation is established when a single prior art reference discloses
expressly or under the principles of inherency each and every limitation of
the claimed invention. Atlas Powder Co. v. IRECO, Inc., 190 F.3d 1342,
1347, 51 USPQ2d 1943, 1946 (Fed. Cir. 1999); In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475,
1478-79, 31 USPQ2d 1671, 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
On the issue of obviousness the Supreme Court has recently stated
that “[t]he combination of familiar elements according to known methods is
likely to be obvious when it does no more than yield predictable results.”
KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 127 S. Ct. 1727, 1739, 82 USPQ2d 1385, 1395
(U.S. 2007).
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