Appeal No. 1997-3243
Application 08/290,093
Sakai 4,918,128 Apr. 17,
1990
THE REJECTION
Claims 10, 13-18 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 over Parrotta in view of Sakai.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellant and the examiner and agree with
appellant that the aforementioned rejection is not well
founded. Accordingly, we reverse this rejection.
During patent prosecution, claims are to be given their
broadest reasonable interpretation consistent with the
specification. See In re Zletz, 893 F.2d 319, 321, 13 USPQ2d
1320, 1322 (Fed. Cir. 1989); In re Sneed, 710 F.2d 1544, 1548,
218 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1983); In re Herz, 537 F.2d 549,
551, 190 USPQ 461, 463 (CCPA 1976); In re Okuzawa, 537 F.2d
545, 548, 190 USPQ 464, 466 (CCPA 1976). In so interpreting
appellant’s claim 10, which is the sole independent claim, we
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