Appeal No. 1997-2856
Application 08/394,251
of said cylindrical lamp sections." Appellant argues that
"Skwirut's 'ends' are joined together by way of a doubly
curved lamp section having a maximum dimension substantially
longer than that of one of the two pertinent cylindrical
sections" (Br7).
The Examiner responds (EA15): "The maximum diameter
dimension of the transversely disposed section of Skwirut is
no larger than the maximum diameter dimension of the
cylindrical lamp section. Even the maximum length of the
transverse section is substantially smaller than the length of
the cylindrical lamp section."
One problem is that "a maximum dimension" of the
transversely disposed lamp section and "the maximum dimension"
of the cylindrical lamp sections are not defined. While,
perhaps, the recitation that a maximum dimension of the
transverse lamp section is "no longer" than the maximum
dimension of the cylindrical lamp section could be interpreted
as implying a length dimension, the term "longer" could also
refer to the length of the dimension. We interpret the
"maximum dimension" to be the greatest dimension for the
transverse lamp section and the cylindrical lamp section.
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