Appeal No. 1997-2652
Application 08/385,509
On pages 1 through 3 of the reply brief, Appellants
argue that Damon's board 11 is not a printed circuit board.
Appellants argue that the ordinary definition of a printed
circuit board is defined in the Dictionary of Computing
(Oxford University Press, Third Edition, 1990) as follows:
A physical realization of an electronic
circuit design in which the connections
between the terminals of individual
components are formed from copper
conductors laminated onto a flat supporting
sheet of insulating material such as fiber
glass. The conductor pattern is normally
printed and etched onto the sheet and
components are then attached to the copper
"lands" by hand or dip soldering.
Appellants argue that the wire wrapping Damon's board 11 is
distinguishable from a printed circuit board as claimed by
Appellants in claim 10.
Our reviewing court states in In re Zletz, 893 F.2d
319, 321, 13 USPQ2d 1320, 1322 (Fed. Cir. 1989) that "claims
must
be interpreted as broadly as their terms reasonably allow."
Moreover, when interpreting a claim, words of the claim are
generally given their ordinary and accustomed meaning, unless
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