Appeal No. 95-4629
Application 07/831,953
display area it may not protrude from the visible area of the
display, thus causing the correction means clause to be
inoperative or not needed in the context of the overall
claimed invention. Even still, the function of the correction
means is that it "corrects the position of the window image so
that the image area of the window image is displayed in the
visible area." This language of the correction means clause
of independent claim 1 on appeal is more explicitly recited in
both the correction means and detection means clauses of
independent claim 5 on appeal, with the same end result when
the same claimed "conditions" are followed through, that is,
answered in the positive or the negative.
From our review of the disclosed invention, it appears
that independent claim 1 is apparently directed to focus on
the disclosed "first aspect" of the disclosed invention.
However, the scope of claim 1, as noted by the examiner, is
much broader than appellant's arguments appear to obtain.
Initially, we observe that there is no automatic correction
that occurs which is plainly an intent of the disclosed
invention. Secondly, the function of the correction means is
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