Appeal No. 1997-2899
Application No. 08/385,574
In response to Appellant’s arguments, the Examiner on
page 3 of the answer states that Yamada teaches first and
second storage devices for storing duplicate information. The
Examiner further refers to Yamada, col. 2, lines 23 through
30, which shows first and second transmission lines connected
to both storage devices. The Examiner points out that
duplicate information could be transmitted over the two lines
where the status of a selection flag would determine whether
duplicate information be simultaneously transmitted or
particular information be sent one at a time.
As pointed out by our reviewing court, we must first
determine the scope of the claim. “[T]he name of the game is
the claim.” In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369, 47 USPQ2d
1523, 1529 (Fed. Cir. 1998). Claims will be given their
broadest reasonable interpretation consistent with the
specification, and limitations appearing in the specification
are not to be read into the claims. In re Etter, 756 F.2d
852, 858, 225 USPQ 1, 5 (Fed. Cir. 1985).
We note that Appellant’s claim 24 recites
... a transmitting means for simultaneously transmitting
duplicate information to the second terminal over the
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