Appeal No. 2000-1502 Page 5
Application No. 08/643,597
vacuum, but are part of and are read in light of the
specification.” Slimfold Mfg. Co. v. Kinkead Indus., Inc.,
810 F.2d 1113, 1116, 1 USPQ2d 1563, 1566 (Fed. Cir.
1987)(citing Hybritech Inc. v. Monoclonal Anti-bodies, Inc.,
802 F.2d 1367, 1385, 231 USPQ 81, 94-95 (Fed. Cir. 1986); In
re Mattison, 509 F.2d 563, 565, 184 USPQ 484, 486 (CCPA
1975)).
Here, independent claim 1 specifies in pertinent part the
following limitations: "an overlay frame wherein the
associated inspection area of the defect of the multi-colored
printed image is designated on the monitor by said overlay
frame." Figure 1 of the specification shows that a frame 14
is used to enclose a specific inspection area 13 of an overall
image displayed on a monitor 18 to designate that the area
contains a defect. Reading the independent claim in light of
the specification, the limitations require inter alia
designating a defect in an overall image displayed on a
monitor by framing the specific portion of the image that
contains the defect.
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