Appeal No. 95-3161
Application 08/090,921
into and out of the carrier 18 either end first, which the
appellants have not established to be the case, the resulting
orientation of the magazine in the apparatus would
nevertheless be the proper orientation by design. Either end
of Taylor’s magazine can reasonably be considered as the open
front. Taylor contemplates only one way for moving the
magazine into and out of carrier 18 in the apparatus, i.e., by
alignment of rails 110 on the magazine with flanges 112 on the
carrier (column 7, lines 29-32). The "only one way" as
claimed by the appellants is met by alignment of Taylor’s
rails and flanges. The claims are not so specific as to
require that reversing the ends of the magazine
necessarily constitutes a different way of moving the magazine
into and out of the apparatus. The claim term "way" does not
have to be read so narrowly. Thus, the only way provided by
Taylor for moving the magazine into and out of the apparatus
and in proper orientation is that of aligning the rails 110 on
the magazine with the flanges 112. It should be noted that
during examination, claim terms are properly construed
according to their broadest reasonable interpretation
consistent with the specification. In re Zletz, 893 F.2d 319,
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