Appeal No. 96-3994
Application 08/260,485
value is discussed at pages 25 and 26 relative to the
discussion of Figures 19 and 20.
This portion of the specification is also consistent with
the language of the first decision means clause indicating a
determination of the extent to which the aperture diameter is
capable of being controlled toward an opening direction of the
aperture controllable shutter in accordance with the focal
length detected by the detector. As noted at the top of page
6 of the reply brief, we understand the discussion at pages 25
and 26 of the disclosed invention as allowing or permitting a
control limit or claimed “extent” for the open aperture
diameter of the aperture controller shutter to be defined by
the relationship set forth in Figure 19. As noted at the top
of page 6 of the reply brief, the “control limit of the
present invention renders the hatched part of the drawing
physically unusable.”
In view of the foregoing, it is readily apparent to the
artisan that the appellants have claimed their invention
entirely consistent with the disclosed invention and the
written description portion of the specification and drawings.
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