Appeal No. 1998-3379
Application No. 08/724,088
interpreted by one possessing ordinary skill in the art. In
re Johnson, 588 F.2d 1008, 1015, 194 USPQ 187, 193 (CCPA
1977), citing In re Moore, 439 F.2d 1232, 1235, 169 USPQ 236,
238 (1971). "The legal standard for definiteness is whether a
claim reasonably appraises those of skill in the art of its
scope." In re Warmerdam,
33 F.3d 1354, 1361, 31 USPQ2d 1754, 1759 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
We note that Appellants' claim 1 recites "displaying said
results of said computation." We fail to find that there is
an antecedent basis for said result or for said computation.
Furthermore, we note that Appellants' claim 1 recites "that
computer results depending on that point and said input
values." We fail to determine what is meant by Appellants'
continued references to the computer results. Furthermore, we
fail to find how the claim can be reasonably appraised to
those skilled in the art of its scope. It appears that the
Appellants are attempting to claim a computation step for
calculating the balance in an account based upon the input of
the cash flow. However, the claims simply refer to displaying
an input value and then later displaying the result of the
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