Appeal No. 99-0717 Page 7
Application No. 08/597,095
reasonable interpretation. Limitations from the specification
are not to be read into the claims. In re Van Geuns, 988 F.2d
1181, 1184, 26 USPQ2d 1057, 1059 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re
Prater, 415 F.2d 1393, 1404, 162 USPQ 541, 550 (CCPA 1969).
Giving the claim its broadest reasonable interpretation, we
find that the prior art would have suggested the data
structure. A data structure is merely “[a]n organizational
scheme, such as a record or an array, applied to data so that
it can be interpreted and so that specific operations can be
performed upon that data.” Microsoft Press Computer
Dictionary: The Comprehensive Standard for Business, School,
Library, and Home 110 (2d ed. 1994).
Ishii discloses a control system for an automotive
vehicle. Col. 1, ll. 8-9. As recognized by the appellants,
(Appeal Br. at 9), the system can be used to control the
vehicle’s engine. The appellants admit that the system’s
driving environment index predicting section “is implemented
with a neural network ....” (Id.)
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