Appeal No. 97-1890
Application 08/338,707
Turning to Appellants' claim 1, we note that the claim
recites "providing a plurality of motor profiles for operation
of motors associated with the operation." Turning to
Appellants' specification, we note that Appellants have
provided little detail as what is meant by a motor profile.
For example, on page 10 of the specification, Appellants
disclose that upon an event of the envelope having cleared, a
deceleration motor profile is selected. On page 11 of the
specification, Appellants disclose that backstop software
program module 214 provides commands in accordance with a
selected profile to the backstop motor M6. Appellants do not
provide a special definition of the motor profiles or provide
any disclosure that would demonstrate that motor multiple
modes or motor sequences are not motor profiles. Thus, we
find that Appellants' claim term, "motor profiles" as read in
light of Appellants' specification is broad enough to include
Kapp's disclosed motor sequences and motor modes.
On page 4 of the brief, Appellants argue that Kapp does
not disclose control means for asynchronously controlling the
transport of an envelope with respect to a collation or a
method of controlling an insertion apparatus having a
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