Appeal No. 96-1457 Application No. 08/098,165 “a plurality of exposure indicators as set forth in claim 25, where the exposure indicators are different or separate from manual actuators of a shutter activation assembly” (Brief, page 16). The examiner states (Answer, page 5) that Cummins has: shutter activation means including individual manual actuators (vertically-moved bar or link 76, slot 78, pin 80, angularly-extending portions 82, overturned extremities 84, and platforms 86) mounted to said frame means and operatively connected to said shutter means for activating said shutter means in response to manipulation by a user; and a plurality of exposure indicators (actuating 3 buttons 32) equal in number to said lenses and paired with respective ones of said lenses, to indicate that respective film areas have been exposed via said lenses, said exposure indicators being separate or different from said actuators. Inasmuch as appellants claim that the exposure indicators are “separate or different from said actuators,” and not “separate or different” from the claimed “shutter activation means” which includes the individual “actuators,” we agree with the examiner that the exposure indicators are broadly speaking “separate or different from said actuators” in spite of their mechanical 3Cummins states (column 5, lines 72 through 74) that each actuating button 32 serves as an “exposure indicator.” 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007