Appeal No. 2002-2106
Application 09/313,359
claim." In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369, 47 USPQ2d 1523,
1529 (Fed. Cir. 1998).
We note that Appellants’ independent claim 1 recites
“additionally changing the transmitted power in each (NB1) of the
base stations continuously in the direction of a presettable
target value (TV1)(140).” We note that Appellants’ independent
claim 9 recites “a transmit power controller (PCR) connected to
the memory (MEM) for changing the transmitted power of the base
station (NB1) in response to the command and for additionally
changing the transmitted power continuously in the direction of
the presettable target value (TV1).” Finally, we note that
independent claim 10 recites “a transmit power controller (PCR)
connected to the memory (MEM) for changing the transmitted power
in response to the command (TPC) and for additionally changing
the transmitted power continuously in the direction of the pre-
settable target value (TV1).”
Appellants argue that the proper interpretation of the
recited term “presettable” is the ordinary meaning. The Examiner
refers to the Webster’s Dictionary definition for “preset” which
is defined as “to set beforehand.” The Examiner argues that
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