Appeal No. 1997-3148
Application 08/408,088
reasonable interpretation consistent with the specification,
and limitations appearing in the specification are not to be
read into the claims. In re Etter, 756 F.2d 852, 858, 225
USPQ 1, 5 (Fed. Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 828 (1985)
citing In re Yamamoto, 740 F.2d 1569, 1571, 222 USPQ 934, 936
(Fed. Cir. 1984).
Hoeberechts discloses in column 6, lines 13 through
30, that figure 7 shows a sectional view of another embodiment
of a semiconductor emitter device 51. In this embodiment, we
note that Hoeberechts teaches a semiconductor cathode having a
main surface provided with an electrically insulated layer 56
and at least one gate or accelerator electrode being present
on the electrically insulated layer shown as element 57.
Hoeberechts further discloses in column 6, lines 42 through
55, that figure 9 shows a resistor connected to at least one
gate or accelerator electrode into a terminal.
We note that the resistance is disclosed to be a
voltage divider which is formed of resistive polysilicon
strips 100. We find that the Examiner properly construed the
claim language "relatively high-resistive resistor" as having
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