Appeal No. 1997-4387
Application 08/308,963
that the drawings as filed do not establish possession of a
curved member to affix the mold to the movable platen. Appel-
lants argue that the somewhat jagged diagonal line depicts a
curve to the resolution of the CAD drawing program used to
generate the drawings. It is our view that if the CAD program
cannot show a curve due to its limited resolution, then either
the specification must make it expressly clear that the
surfaces are curved, or the drawing must be exaggerated on the
CAD program so the curve is readily visible to one of ordinary
skill. In this case, as noted above, the specification as
originally filed is completely silent with respect to there
being any curve or convexity to the member now denoted as
member 7a.
We have closely inspected the drawing and are unable
to ascertain exactly the shape of the member now denoted as
member 7a. The member may be a member with a slight convexity
as appellants argue. On the other hand, our view is the
member is more readily interpreted as a six-sided truncated
inverted pyramid, as the diagonal lines appear to be straight,
within the
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