Appeal No. 1996-1767 Page 20
Application No. 08/220,410
We agree with the appellants. The claim specifies in
pertinent part “a first adder having at least two outputs, a
first multiplier and a second multiplier, each of said first
multiplier and said second multiplier being connected to each
of said outputs of said first adder ....” In short, the claim
recites an adder with two outputs, each of which is connected
to both a first and a second multiplier.
The examiner failed to comprehend the scope of the
written description requirement. To satisfy the written
description requirement, a specification clearly must allow
persons of ordinary skill in the art to recognize that an
applicant invented what he claimed. Satisfaction of the
requirement is adjudged as of the filing date of the
application. Vas-Cath, Inc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 1566,
19 USPQ2d 1111, 1119 (Fed. Cir. 1991). The claims as filed
are part of the specification, moreover, and may provide or
contribute to compliance with Section 112. Hyatt v. Boone,
146 F.3d 1348, 1352, 47 USPQ2d 1128, 1130 (1998), cert.
denied, 119 S.Ct. 1032 (1999).
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