Appeal No. 98-1900
Application D-07/715,260
for that which is now claimed, within the meaning of the
written description requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph.
Appellants contend that there is adequate support since
the original disclosure specified that the Edge Trim Icon is
“for a computer display” and that the original disclosure of a
“computer display” should constitute adequate support for that
which is now claimed.
We agree with the examiner [answer-page 5] that the mere
mention of a “computer display” could “mean a multiplicity of
visual representations--a three dimensional computer monitor,
a display on a photocopier, a display on a dashboard of an
automobile, a display on an automatic teller machine, a narrow
display screen, a large display screen, a circular screen, a
curved screen, etc.” Thus, there is no support for an icon
embodied in the article of manufacture now attempted to be
shown by appellants with broken lines. There is no evidence
that appellants had possession of the particular design, i.e.,
the edge trim icon embodied in a screen in the particular
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