Appeal No. 2002-1056
Application No. 08/772,888
on the innermost tracks of a disk. It is apparent to us,
however, that the “reduce access time of said image data”
feature of the appealed claims must be interpreted as referring
to the image data which has been determined to have a relatively
large amount of data and which is stored on the outer regions of
the disk. In our view, the only reasonable reading of the
language “reduce access time of said image data” would be, at the
very least, that this language be interpreted as referring to the
image data appearing in the immediately preceding portions of the
sub-paragraph in which it appears, i.e. the image data determined
as having a relatively large amount of data.
Further, while the Examiner is correct that claims are to be
given their broadest possible interpretation, any such
interpretation must be consistent with the specification. It is
clear to us from a reading of Appellants’ specification that a
fair and reasonable interpretation of the language of the
appealed claims requires a reduction of access time for image
data determined to have a relatively large amount of data and
stored in the outer peripheral regions of a disk.
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