Appeal No. 1999-2708 Page 6
Application No. 08/896,533
interpretation . . . will normally control the remainder of
the decisional process.” Id. at 1567-68, 1 USPQ2d at 1597.
Here, claim 1 specifies in pertinent part the following
limitations: “a gap between an end of said shutter leaf and an
adjacent peripheral surface of said insertion opening; and at
least one resilient skirt along at least a portion of a
periphery of said shutter leaf, said resilient skirt extending
toward and contacting said adjacent peripheral surface of said
insertion opening so that said resilient skirt substantially
covers said gap between said shutter leaf and said insertion
opening when said shutter leaf is in a closed position . . .
.” Similarly, claim 10 specifies in pertinent part the
following limitations: “a gap between an adjacent end of each
of said pair of shutter leaves; and at least one resilient
skirt along at least a portion of a peripheral end of at least
one of said pair of shutter leaves, said at least one
resilient skirt extending toward the remaining one of said
pair of shutter leaves so that said at least one resilient
skirt covers said gap between said pair of shutter leaves when
in said closed position.” Accordingly, claims 1 and 10
respectively require inter alia a skirt extending from a free
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