Appeal No. 1999-0081
Application No. 08/506,645
known in the art to be “settable” or convey the concept of a
change in size or range by use of a operating button which
does not necessarily have two
claimed states as recited in the claims on appeal.
Appellant’s position in the brief and reply brief in substance
argues that the word “range” in the art and in the
specification as filed means enlargement or reduction in size
of the range of positions of video signals. The remaining
part of the specification verifies the positions taken by
appellant in the brief and reply brief with respect to the
discussion at the middle of page 12 of the specification.
Note also the more detailed discussion at the bottom of page
14 through the top of page 16 and the discussion in the
paragraph bridging pages 17 and 18 of the specification as
filed.
Inasmuch as the term “range” has an apparent meaning of
size in the art as well as that it may be “set” or “altered”
such as to change the size or enlarge or reduce the size of
video signals of an image, we reverse the rejection of claim 1
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