Ex parte HIRAYAMA - Page 14




          Appeal No. 95-4629                                                          
          Application 07/831,953                                                      



          slightly moved or moved in its entirety.  Still, an image may               
          never need to be repositioned because it may never protrude                 
          from the display screen at all as an alternative condition to               
          the normal usage of appellant's prior art Figures 1 to 4.  In               
          such a case, there would be no operative condition to correct               
          anything, which again is within the ambit of the subject                    
          matter of the claims on appeal.                                             
               We further observe in passing that claims 2 to 4 and 6 to              
          8 are respectively identical, are not argued in the briefs and              
          read on appellant’s prior art Figures 1 to 4 and their                      
          corresponding specification discussion.                                     
               We believe that the examiner has provided evidence of                  
          reasonable equivalent means performing the claimed functions,               
          to the extent broadly recited.  The examiner’s and our own                  
          analysis of the prior art relied upon by the examiner add                   
          further understanding of this and the wide scope of the                     
          claims.                                                                     
               Our own analysis provided more insight of the disclosed                
          and claimed invention than do appellant’s brief and reply                   
          brief.  The dissent would require appellant to read the claim-              

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