Appeal No. 1997-4444
Application 08/427,884
Collegiate Dictionary as "securely placed or fastened:
STATIONARY" and "not subject to change or fluctuation."
Appellant interprets "fixed" to mean "stationary" and, thus,
would interpret the platen to be stationary with respect to
the movable couplers. This interpretation is clearly
supported when the phrase is read in light of the
specification. Moreover, the phrase contrasts "fixed" and
"movable" which implies that "fixed" means stationary. The
phrase is not misleading. This reason for the rejection of
claim 1 is reversed.
The Examiner further states, with respect to claim 1,
that "'said locating platen . . . defining an accurate
position, said accurate position being free of vertical
positioning errors of said cassette' is confusing, as the
'accurate position' appears to be a position of the plate, so
that it is unclear how said position can be affected by
positioning errors of the cassette; also it is unclear how an
absolutely accurate positioning can be obtained, and which
precision of positioning makes the position 'accurate'" (FR2-
3).
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