Ex parte KACINES - Page 7




          Appeal No. 1999-1747                                       Page 7           
          Application No. 08/715,422                                                  


          the language of the claim defines the scope of the protected                
          invention.  Yale Lock Mfg. Co. v. Greenleaf, 117 U.S. 554, 559              
          (1886) ("The scope of letters patent must be limited to the                 
          invention covered by the claim, and while the claim may be                  
          illustrated it cannot be enlarged by language used in other                 
          parts of the specification."); Autogiro Co. of Am. v. United                
          States, 384 F.2d 391, 396, 155 USPQ 697, 701 (Ct. Cl. 1967)                 
          ("Courts can neither broaden nor narrow the claims to give the              
          patentee something different than what he has set forth [in                 
          the claim].").  See also Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern               
          Paper Bag Co., 210 U.S. 405, 419 (1908); Cimiotti Unhairing                 
          Co. v. American Fur Ref. Co., 198 U.S. 399, 410 (1905).                     
          Accordingly, "resort must be had in the first instance to the               
          words of the claim" and words "will be given their ordinary                 
          and accustomed meaning, unless it appears that the inventor                 
          used them differently."  Envirotech Corp. v. Al George, Inc.,               
          730 F.2d 753, 759, 221 USPQ 473, 477 (Fed. Cir. 1984).                      
          Second, it is equally "fundamental that claims are to be                    
          construed in the light of the specification and both are to be              
          read with a view to ascertaining the invention."  United                    
          States v. Adams, 383 U.S. 39, 49, 148 USPQ 479, 482 (1966).                 







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