Ex parte SPIEVACK - Page 6




          Appeal No. 1999-0098                                                        
          Application No. 08/328,443                                                  


               Words in a claim are generally given their ordinary and                
          accustomed meaning, unless it appears from the specification                
          that the inventor defined them differently.  In re Paulsen, 30              
          F.3d                                                                        
          1475, 1480, 31 USPQ2d 1671, 1674 (Fed. Cir. 1994).  Since                   




























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