Appeal No. 2002-1573
Application No. 09/113,446
with the electronics enclosure portion having an aperture
entirely surrounded by a body perimeter portion.
The recitation of a "one-piece" hollow body portion is
clearly understood when read in light of the underlying
specification (page 4, lines 10 through 12) which expressly
recites the following.
Body portion 12 is made as a single part
rather than as two joined halves. This
eliminates the need for bonding or otherwise
joining two halves and also eliminates the
presence of an unattractive seam line.
Based upon the above, the claim recitation of a "one-piece"
hollow body portion denotes a hollow body portion fabricated from
a single part and not from halves (parts) joined together.
The patent to Schmidt teaches a housing for a portable bar
code symbol reading device (a portable handheld electronic
reader/scanner). The patentee discloses (column 13, lines 53
through 67) that the hand-supportable housing is a "five-piece
split housing," with a first housing portion 9C and a second
housing half 9D being provided, as seen in Figs. 3A. The showing
in the patent, e.g., Fig. 1E, makes it visually apparent that the
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