Appeal No. 1997-0461
Application 08/267,683
which "includes a water-based suspension of molybdenum
disulfide powder dispersed in a soap emulsion." On page 15, at
lines 11 through 29, appellant includes what has now become
conventional "boilerplate" in patent applications wherein
appellant states, inter alia, that "numerous variations and
alternative embodiments will occur to those skilled in the
art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the
invention."
Thus, we find nothing in appellant's disclosure which
evidences he intended to exclude any ingredients from his
composition other than those claimed. Rather, the term
"includes" is considered to be of the same scope as the well-
known open-ended term "comprises" and leaves the
"lubricant/coolant" open to the presence of other components.
Additionally, the "suitable liquid dispersion" could include
any variety of other undisclosed ingredients so long as the
ingredients "suitably" dispersed the molybdenum disulfide.
Accordingly, we find no evidence in appellant's original
disclosure which supports appellant's narrow interpretation of
his invention as now claimed. There is certainly no basis for
the proposition that the claimed compositions exclude or were
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