Appeal No. 96-1455
Application No. 08/218,279
15 of the brief, "automatically analyzing ... images" to
determine the aspect ratio at page 6 of the brief. A review
of the specification reveals that the term "automatically" has
not been defined. Therefore, the ordinary definition of the
term will be used. "Automatic" is defined in Webster's New
World Dictionary of the American Language (2d. College ed.
1972) as "moving, operating, etc. by itself; regulating
itself." Appellants' arguments in combination with the
disclosure in the specification concerning the problem with
the prior art which the claimed invention overcomes support
the ordinary definition. (See specification at page 2). The
term "automatically" will be interpreted as "requiring no user
input." As pointed out by our reviewing court, we must first
determine the scope of the claim. "[T]he name of the game is
the claim." In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369, 47 USPQ2d
1523, 1529 (Fed. Cir. 1998). As pointed out by our reviewing
court, claim language should be read with the "broadest
reasonable meaning of the words in their ordinary usage as
they would be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art,
taking into account whatever enlightenment by way of
definitions or otherwise that may be afforded by the written
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