Appeal No. 97-0642
Application 08/242,318
destination group of textual elements; that is, there may be
many text domains that map to the same language. While an
alphabet is given as an example of a character set, a
character set is not limited to an alphabet. Handwritten
characters form a "character set[] . . . used in a language"
and computer text font symbols form a different "character
set[] . . . used in a language." Therefore, in our opinion,
the claim limitation of converting "from a source text domain
to a destination text domain" includes converting from a
handwritten character set "source text domain" to a computer
text font symbol character set "destination text domain."
Appellant is capable of expressing that the source and
destination text domains "specify words in different
alphabets," as recited in claims 24 and 31, and could
expressly recite that the source and destination text domains
correspond to textual elements, words or character sets, in
different languages if that interpretation is meant. See
In re Zletz, 893 F.2d 319, 321-22, 13 USPQ2d 1320, 1322 (Fed.
Cir. 1989) (claims are given their broadest reasonable
interpretation during examination: "The reason is simply that
during patent prosecution when claims can be amended,
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