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 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007