Appeal No. 96-1419
Application 08/081,971
enable a mirror support rod (26) to be positioned in a bore (68)
between two bore-defining clamping portions of the base member.
Independent claim 1 is directed to a vehicular mirror
mounting bracket, independent claim 8 is directed to a mirror
apparatus and independent claim 12, the only other independent
claim on appeal, is directed to a mirror mounting assembly.
Appealed claims 1 and 12 are limited to elements of the bracket
itself whereas appealed claim 8 recites the combination of the
bracket, the support rod and the mirror attached to the support
rod.
In appealed claim 1, appellants have chosen to recite in the
present tense that each of the two mounting surfaces of the
bracket “abuts against and overlies a portion of the vehicle”
rather than merely reciting that the mounting surfaces are
adapted to abut and overlie a portion of the vehicle. In claim
12, the mounting plate is recited as actually “being mounted
inside the passenger compartment” rather than merely reciting
that the mounting plate is adapted to mounted inside the
passenger compartment. As such, claims 1 and 12 define the
invention as if the bracket is mounted in place on the vehicle
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