Appeal No. 97-4179
Application 08/510,526
The appellants' invention pertains to a method and
instrument for taking simultaneous measurements of torticollis
characteristics. Independent claims 1, 9 and 12 are further
illustrative of the appealed subject matter and copies thereof
may be found in the appendix to the brief.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Schatz, Howard, “An Instrument for Measuring Ocular Tortiollis
(Head Turn, Tilt, and Bend)”, 75 Amer. Acad. Ophthal & Otol.,
pages 650-653 (May-June 1971)
Claims 1-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Schatz.
The examiner's rejection is explained on pages 3-5 of the
answer. The arguments of the appellants and examiner in support
of their respective positions may be found on pages 3-8 of the
brief, pages 1-4 of the reply brief and pages 5-7 of the answer.
OPINION
As a preliminary matter we base our understanding of the
appealed subject matter upon the following interpretation of
the terminology appearing in claims 1 and 2 (as they appear in
the appendix to the brief). In lines 2 and 3 of claim 1, we
interpret "head turn, head tilt and head bend" to be -- head turn
2
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