Appeal No. 1997-3148
Application 08/408,088
Ohms. However, we fail to find that the definition of "a
rela- tively high-resistive resistor" requires this particular
value.
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
it appears from the specification or the file history that
they were used differently by the inventor. Carroll Touch,
Inc. v. Electro Mechanical Sys., Inc., 15 F.3d 1573, 1577, 27
USPQ2d 1836, 1840
(Fed. Cir. 1993). Although an inventor is indeed free to
define
the specific terms used to describe his or her invention, this
must be done with reasonable clarity, deliberateness, and
precision. In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475, 1480, 31 USPQ2d 1671,
1674 (Fed. Cir. 1994). Claims will be given their broadest
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