{"id":12671,"date":"2026-07-08T06:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/?p=12671"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:40:21","slug":"quote-for-the-day-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/?p=12671","title":{"rendered":"Quote for the day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Duck-rabbit-illusion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Duck-rabbit-illusion-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Duck-rabbit-illusion-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Duck-rabbit-illusion-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Duck-rabbit-illusion-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Duck-rabbit-illusion.png 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Anticipation requires that a single reference &#8220;describe the claimed invention <em>with sufficient precision and detail<\/em> to establish that the subject matter existed in the prior art.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar_case?case=7738662054422249395&amp;q=Wasica+Finance+GmbH+v.+Continental+Automotive+Systems,+Inc.,+853+F.3d+1272,+1284%E2%80%9385+(Fed.+Cir.+2017)&amp;hl=en&amp;as_sdt=4,131\"><em>Verve, LLC v. Crane Cams, Inc.,<\/em> 311 F.3d 1116, 1120 (Fed. Cir. 2002)<\/a> (emphasis added). For this reason, it has long been understood that ambiguous references do not, as a matter of law, anticipate a claim. <em>See, e.g., <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar_case?case=2587123292600808063&amp;q=Wasica+Finance+GmbH+v.+Continental+Automotive+Systems,+Inc.,+853+F.3d+1272,+1284%E2%80%9385+(Fed.+Cir.+2017)&amp;hl=en&amp;as_sdt=4,131\"><em>W.L. Gore &amp; Assocs., Inc. v. Garlock, Inc.,<\/em> 721 F.2d 1540, 1554 (Fed. Cir. 1983)<\/a> (refusing to find claims anticipated when the prior art references were &#8220;unacceptably vague&#8221;); <em>see also <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar_case?case=2864409011662913005&amp;q=Wasica+Finance+GmbH+v.+Continental+Automotive+Systems,+Inc.,+853+F.3d+1272,+1284%E2%80%9385+(Fed.+Cir.+2017)&amp;hl=en&amp;as_sdt=4,131\"><em>In re Hughes,<\/em> 52 CCPA 1355, 345 F.2d 184, 188 (1965)<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar_case?case=6783798967492664294&amp;q=Wasica+Finance+GmbH+v.+Continental+Automotive+Systems,+Inc.,+853+F.3d+1272,+1284%E2%80%9385+(Fed.+Cir.+2017)&amp;hl=en&amp;as_sdt=4,131\"><em>In re Turlay,<\/em> 49 CCPA 1288, 304 F.2d 893, 899 (1962)<\/a> (&#8220;It is well established that an anticipation rejection cannot be predicated on an ambiguous reference.&#8221;).<\/p>\n<cite>Wasica Finance GmbH v. Continental Auto. Systems, 853 F. 3d 1272, 1284 (Fed. Cir. 2017).<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anticipation requires that a single reference &#8220;describe the claimed invention with sufficient precision and detail to establish that the subject matter existed in the prior art.&#8221; Verve, LLC v. Crane Cams, Inc., 311 F.3d 1116, 1120 (Fed. Cir. 2002) (emphasis added). 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