Appeal No. 2005-2417
Application No. 09/999,660
artisan that the inventor had possession at that time of the
later claimed subject matter, rather than the presence or absence
of literal support in the specification for the claim language.
In re Kaslow, 707 F.2d 1366, 1375, 217 USPQ 1089, 1096 (Fed. Cir.
1983). The content of the drawings may also be considered in
determining compliance with the written description requirement.
Id.
The originally filed specification in this application
states the following with respect to the looping sections of the
material web:
a) “the method includes moving the material web on an at
least approximately always curved web path” (page 5);
b) “the material web can be moved . . . on a substantially
always curved path” (page 12);
c) “continuous curving of the web path results from the
looping sections of the material web” (page 12);
d) “[r]ectilinearly extending routes between the cylinders,
around which the material web is led, can hereby be prevented”
(page 12);
e) “a first, for example positive, curving passes
continuously into a second, for example, negative curving,
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