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means connected to decode the locally stored frames as they are displayed, and means connected to tag each stored frame with a header indicating one of said different protocols as having been used for encoding the frame, the means connected to decode being arranged to decode each frame in accordance with the protocol indicated by the header of the frame.原被告雙方均同意所謂「頁(yè)框」,系可使用于文字協(xié)議系統(tǒng)或位映像顯示系統(tǒng)。669專利中所提及的「頁(yè)框」,究竟指的是用于文字協(xié)議系統(tǒng)中的,還是用于位映像顯示系統(tǒng)的,卻各執(zhí)一詞。事實(shí)上這個(gè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是美國(guó)在處理專利侵權(quán)案件時(shí),界定申請(qǐng)專利范圍一貫的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。669專利說(shuō)明書中,有提及如下的文字(茲引用原文)︰「The videotex supplier electronically stores the information supplied by the different sources in the form of hundreds of thousands of pages (frames) each representing a collection (arranged, for example, in rows and columns) of alphanumeric and graphic characters to be displayed on a cathode ray tube (CRT) at the subscriber’s location.」在這段文字中,僅提及文字,而沒(méi)有提到位映像。針對(duì)此點(diǎn),Wang認(rèn)為其中的「alphanumeric and graphic characters」就包括了文字與位映像兩種顯示方式,不能因?yàn)樵趯@f(shuō)明書中舉文字為例,就限縮了申請(qǐng)專利范圍的大小。669專利的專利說(shuō)明書與圖式中,僅對(duì)于文字協(xié)議有加以描述。669專利則將其列為習(xí)知技術(shù),表示「Different videotex protocols have been developed in different countries, for example Prestel [a characterbased protocol operated by British Tele], Telidon [a bitmapped graphics protocol] and NAPLPS [North American PresentationLevel Protocol Syntax, a bitmapped protocol] 」。669專利內(nèi)容的一部份,而是在該專利說(shuō)明書中,拿來(lái)與該專利比較的「習(xí)用技術(shù)」。CAFC根據(jù)此點(diǎn),引證Kodak Co. v. Goodyear Tire amp。l Trade Comm39。Wang指出,在39。針對(duì)此點(diǎn),CAFC認(rèn)為,應(yīng)該要針對(duì)實(shí)際個(gè)案的情況,來(lái)推定說(shuō)明書中的實(shí)施例與申請(qǐng)專利范圍的關(guān)系,而這與說(shuō)