Appeal No. 2001-0259
Application 08/725,762
[sic] cover some or all of the trapezoidal cut-outs which are
shown in FIG. 3" (col. 6, lines 47-49). In the fifth embodiment
of figures 10-1, 10-2, and 10-3, a sound collecting tube 70 with
an integral horn 76 has a single inlet segment end 72 designed to
shroud one half of the back area of the loudspeaker.
In claim 11, the limitation "wherein said sound collection
section is coupled to half the number of said openings in said
speaker frame" is subject to interpretation. While appellant
argues as if the limitation means that the sound collection
section is coupled to only half the number of frame openings, the
limitation appears to be broad enough to read on coupling to all
the frame openings because if the sound collection section is
coupled to all the frame openings, it is also coupled to half the
number of frame openings. Thus, it appears that claim 11 is
broad enough to be anticipated by Jung. Nevertheless, we address
appellant's argument that the sound collection section is coupled
to only half the number of frame openings.
The difference between the first and third embodiments of
Jung and the subject matter of claim 11 is that the sound
collecting tubes in Jung are coupled to all of the frame
openings, whereas, under the assumed claim interpretation, the
sound collection section is coupled to only half the number of
frame openings. The difference between the fifth embodiment of
Jung and the subject matter of claim 11 is that a single sound
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