Appeal No. 95-2041
Application 07/814,220
multiple segments (see the specification from page 14, line
15, through page 16, line 1). It is not clear whether the
language "defined by blocks ... of Figure 4" or "with greater
than five of the eight blocks shown in Figure 4" is inclusive
of the additional segments discussed on pages 14-16 of the
specification.
Claim Interpretation
In contrast to the above-noted ambiguity, when referring
to Figure 4, claims 17-20 recite "as shown in Figure 4." Page
8 of the specification at lines 22-25, describes Figure 4 as
"a base pair sequence ... and a synthesized amino acid
sequence for an AFP polypeptide WF8R wherein the gene wf8r
codes for the AFP WF8R" (emphasis added). Page 9 of the
specification at lines
20-25, refers to Figure 4, stating:
Referring now to the drawings, and more
particularly to Figure 4, there is shown
a synthetic AFP peptide (SEQ ID NO:2) and
a synthetic gene (comprised of DNA SEQ ID
NO:3 and DNA SEQ ID NO:4) coding for the
AFP peptide having SEQ ID NO:2.(emphasis added)
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