Appeal No. 1997-1584
Application No. 08/353,375
2a representation of the depth dimension of various documents
D1-D4 includes a visible indication of the top page but no
visible indication of any hidden page, page number, or indicia
thereon, intended to be selected under the top page. As
pointed out by the Examiner (Answer, page 9), if there was a
visible indication of the page, page number, or indicia
thereon, to be selected in Saki, the user would be able to
immediately drag the pointer to the page to select it rather
than pointing to only the approximate page location as
explicitly taught by Saki.
In a related argument at page 11 of the Brief, Appellants
contend that, contrary to their single-step selection of
overlapping regions, Kimura discloses a two-part selection
procedure. We find such a contention to be unfounded since2
it is not commensurate with the scope of representative claim
1. It is axiomatic that, in proceedings before the PTO,
claims in an application are to be given their broadest
reasonable interpretation consistent with the specification,
2In making this argument, it is apparent that
Appellants’ reference to Kimura, rather than Saki, was
inadvertent.
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