Appeal No. 97-2168
Application No. 08/382,120
teachings of the prior art and of the particular
application disclosure as it would be interpreted by one
possessing the ordinary level of skill in the pertinent
art.” In re Moore, 439 F.2d 1232, 1235, 169 USPQ 236,
238 (CCPA 1971). The specification not only refers to
“groups derived from carbohydrates containing a pyranosyl
or furanosyl ring” in defining carbohydrate derivatives
but provides examples (specification, p. 4, lines 33-36).
One of these derivatives is used in Example 25 (p. 35,
lines 28-29) to illustrate the invention. In light of
this, the recitation “derived from” is sufficiently
defined. While it is true that this term gives the
claims considerable breadth, breadth is not synonymous
with indefiniteness. See In re Gardner, 427 F.2d 786,
166 USPQ 138 (CCPA 1970). Regarding the use of the term
“groups”, when read in the context of the entire phrase,
and in view of the examples recited in the specification
(e.g., page 4, lines 29-32), the “groups” are those which
are mono- or bicyclic aromatic and have 5 or 6 atoms in
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