Appeal No. 1999-0081
Application No. 08/506,645
the first state and for altering a range of positions of the
video signals within the picture based on the one-dimensional
coordinate data when the switch is in the second state.” As
the majority notes, the “[a]ppellant relies on the teachings
at page 12 of the specification in support of this view.” I
agree with the majority, however, “that the claim does not
specifically state that the claimed ‘altering’ enlarges or
reduces the range of a region.” Giving the claim its broadest
reasonable interpretation, therefore, the limitations merely
require moving video signals within a picture based on two-
dimensional first and second coordinate data when a switch is
in a first state and altering a range of positions of the
video signals within the picture based on one-dimensional
coordinate data when the switch is in a second state.
The prior art would have suggested the limitations.
SuperPaint teaches moving video signals that depict a “Pencil
tool,” p. 15, within a picture as shown in Figure 2.3 of the
reference. SuperPaint further teaches a switch, viz., “[t]he
Shift key,” id., that can be deactivated or activated. When
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