Appeal No. 97-2713
Application 08/373,069
pontoon hull and a reference point on the above water unit 32,
such as the lower left hand corner of the above-water unit 32
as viewed from Figures 3 and 4, increases as the left hand
pontoon hull is moved from the position shown in Figure 3 to
the position shown in Figure 4. Conversely, this linear
distance is reduced as the left hand pontoon hull is moved
from the position shown in Figure 4 to the position shown in
Figure 3. Thus, when the claim language is given its broadest
reasonable interpretation (See In re Zletz, 893 F.2d 319, 321,
13 USPQ2d 1320, 1322 (Fed. Cir. 1989)) without reading
limitations from the specification into the claim (See Sjolund
v. Musland, 847 F.2d 1573, 1582, 6 USPQ2d 2020, 2027 (Fed.
Cir. 1988)), the recitation of the claimed
moving means does not distinguish from Barkley’s hydraulic
rams 58 and associated structure.2
2 With regard to the claimed moving means, appellant has neither asserted nor
shown that, with respect to the sixth paragraph in 35 U.S.C. § 112, the Barkley
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