Written by Mark Terry  As a Florida Patent Attorney with a sizable patent prosecution docket, I frequently deal with rejections from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). A common form of rejection is an anticipation rejection under 35 U.S.C. sec. 102. This type of rejection is used in cases where the Patent Examiner believes that a single prior art reference (usually an existing U.S. Patent) anticipates or discloses every element of your patent claim. How do you respond to these types of rejections and succeed? The answer to this question is illustrated in today’s decision by the Board of