Appeal No. 97-4244
Application 08/347,141
thickness of the second object so as not to form a thickened
portion bulging therefrom,” recited in lines 17 to 19. We will
discuss these arguments separately.
(1) In reading claim 6 on Humiston as the examiner has
done, the reference discloses a ferromagnetic plate 13 with a
peripheral edge 15. Attached to the peripheral edge is a holder
shell 22 which extends radially outward to a curled edge 26, 27
to receive the lugs 29 of an attaching device. As we understand
appellant’s argument, it is that Humiston’s curled edge 26, 27 is
not “positioned radially laterally at the peripheral marginal
edge” of Humiston’s ferromagnetic plate 13, but rather is located
“radially outwardly” and “substantially axially spaced” from
peripheral edge 15 of plate 13 (brief, page 11). In other words,
appellant seems to be arguing that “radially laterally at said
peripheral marginal edge” means that the curled edge must be at
the same radial distance from the axis of the ferromagnetic plate
as the peripheral marginal edge of the plate, and must not be
axially spaced from the edge of the plate, i.e., must be in the
same plane as the plate.
Appellant and the examiner have engaged in considerable
discussion as to the meaning of the terms “radially” and
“laterally,” and as to what the broadest reasonable
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