Appeal No. 2000-1515 Page 10
Application No. 08/687,195
positions, wherein the division rule is a rule of dividing the
original sentence into one of phrases and clauses.” Similarly,
claim 9 specifies in pertinent part the following limitations:
"division means for dividing the original sentence into word
trains in accordance with a predetermined division rule, wherein
the division rule is a rule of dividing the original sentence
into one of phrases and clauses . . . and display means for
displaying the original sentence and the translated sentence so
that the divided original sentence and the divided translated
sentence are arranged at vertically juxtaposed positions.” Also
similarly, claim 21 specifies in pertinent part the following
limitations: “(a) dividing an input laterally written original
sentence into a plurality of word trains in accordance with a
predetermined division rule wherein the division rule is a rule
of dividing the original sentence into one of phrases and clauses
. . . and (c) displaying the original sentence and the translated
sentence so that the divided original sentence and the divided
translated sentence are arranged at vertically juxtaposed
positions.” Giving the representative claims their broadest
reasonable interpretation, the limitations merely require
dividing an original sentence into either phrases or clauses and
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