Appeal No. 2000-0359 Page 4
Application No. 08/777,393
width MW’, ‘defined printing length SL’, ‘actually printable
length JL’, ‘printable dot column count ND’, ‘margin space
YS’, ‘character spacing MN’, etc." (Examiner's Answer at 7.)
The appellants argue, "the reference simply does not disclose
or suggest satisfying B>D>0, where D is the dimension of a
margin between an edge of the contour or frame and a character
at an end of said string, and B is the dimension of an inter-
character spacing between adjacent characters." (Appeal Br.
at 4.)
In deciding anticipation, “the first inquiry must be into
exactly what the claims define.” In re Wilder, 429 F2d 447,
450, 166 USPQ 545, 548 (CCPA 1970). Here, claims 1 and 12
specify laying out the characters of a character string "so as
to satisfy B>D>0, where D is the dimension of a margin between
an edge of said frame and a character at an end of said
string, and B is the dimension of an inter-character spacing
between adjacent characters. . . ." Accordingly, the claims
require inter alia laying out characters of a character string
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