True or False: There is no anticipation of a claimed product unless all process steps are disclosed in the reference.

The statement is false because anticipation, in the context of patent law, does not require that all process steps be explicitly disclosed in a prior art reference. Anticipation occurs when a single prior art reference discloses every element of a claimed invention, meaning that the reference must describe the product in such a way that it would be recognized as the same as or sufficiently similar to the claimed invention by a person of ordinary skill in the art.

For products, particularly those made by a process, it is possible to establish anticipation based on a description of the product itself, even if the exact process used to create it is not fully disclosed. As long as the claimed product can be inferred or identified from the disclosure in a prior art reference, anticipation can be established. This understanding aligns with the underlying legal principles governing novelty and the requirements for a prior art reference to anticipate a claim.

The other options involve nuances regarding process and product claims, but the fundamental principle of anticipation is focused on the product disclosure rather than the full disclosure of all processes involved in creating that product.