Appeal No. 1997-2247 Page 11
Application No. 08/259,798
“In the patentability context, claims are to be given
their broadest reasonable interpretations. Moreover,
limitations are not to be read into the claims from the
specification.” In re Van Geuns, 988 F.2d 1181, 1184, 26
USPQ2d 1057, 1059 (Fed. Cir. 1993)(citing In re Zletz, 893
F.2d 319, 321, 13 USPQ2d 1320, 1322 (Fed. Cir. 1989)). Here,
claim 10 specifies in pertinent part the following
limitations:
a plurality of complementary pairs of
bitlines ...;
a precharge circuit for simultaneously
precharging both leads of each of the plurality of
pairs of bitlines to a common precharge voltage
....
Similarly, claim 11 specifies in pertinent part the following
limitations:
a plurality of complementary pairs of
bitlines ...; and
a circuit arranged for simultaneously
precharging both leads of each of the plurality of
pairs of bitlines to a common precharge voltage ....
Giving the claims their broadest reasonable interpretation,
the limitations recite a precharge circuit for simultaneously
precharging both bit lines of a complementary pair of bitlines
to a precharge voltage.
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