Appeal 2006-3219
Application 10/122,270
blanks 24 and 30 in the arrangement of layers or blanks illustrated in Figs. 4
and 7, respectively (see Specification 9:6-7 and 11, and 10:3 and 7-10).
Thus, the language of claim 14 encompasses any automotive part
attached inside or outside a vehicle, that can be prepared by molding blanks,
is capable of resisting any “high speed impact,” and has fixation points or
holes sufficiently located within the woven mats to meet high speed
requirements (see Specification, e.g., 8:20 to 9:5). There is no claim
requirement that the automotive part, including the attachment fixation
points, must be directly and/or squarely impacted by a “high speed impact.”
Thus, “high speed impact requirements” can be any such requirement
determined by any entity, e.g., governmental or commercial, for any
automotive part, inside or outside of a vehicle.
In this respect, there is no claim limitation specific to the bumper
beams and the specific parts thereof, including the particular portions and
holes, illustrated in Figs. 6 and 9, or to the particular so-called “high speed
impact requirements” set forth in the Specification (Specification 2-3 and
8-10). Indeed, contrary to the manner in which Appellant framed the
Summary Of Claimed Subject Matter (Supp. Br. 2-3), we find no basis in the
claim language or in the disclosure in the Specification on which to read the
bumper beams illustrated in Figs. 6 and 9 or the high speed impact
requirements as limitations into claim 14. See generally, Comark
Communications, Inc. v. Harris Corp., 156 F.3d 1182, 1186, 48 USPQ2d
1001, 1005 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475, 1480,
31 USPQ2d 1671, 1674 (Fed. Cir. 1994); In re Van Genus, 988 F.2d 1181,
1184, 26 USPQ2d 1057, 1059 (Fed. Cir. 1993); Zletz, 893 F.2d at 321-22, 13
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