Appeal No. 2000-2065
Application No. 08/652,160
In response to the Examiner's statement that Yoshida teaches
that smoothing of points because Yoshida discloses interpolating
the inter-stroke gap, Appellants argue that Yoshida does not
teach or suggest preprocessing of input wherein the preprocessing
comprises smoothing said points in said input, scaling said
points, and resampling said points. See Brief, page 11, lines 1-
4. Specifically, Appellants argue that Yoshida's interpolation
is different from smoothing of points as performed in the claimed
invention, because in the claimed invention, interpolation of the
input character occurs prior to the smoothing. See Brief, page
10, lines 25-28. The interpolated character is smoothed using a
simple triangular filter using conventional techniques well known
in the art. See Brief, page 10, lines 28-29.
The question before us is whether the Examiner properly
interpreted smoothing of points of the input in the preprocessing
stage to include interpolation of points.
Claims will be given their broadest reasonable
interpretation consistent with the specification, and limitations
appearing in the specification are not to be read into the
claims. In re Etter, 756 F.2d 852, 858, 225 USPQ 1, 5. "[W]hen
interpreting a claim, words of the claim are generally given
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