Appeal No. 97-3423
Application 08/336,134
The Figure 40 screen permits selection of the addresses
for the LPT1 and LPT2 printer ports. The table at page 32
explains that the available configurations for "Notebook
Only," "MicroDock & Notebook," and "DeskTop & Notebook" are,
respectively, "1 thru 4," "1 thru 2," and "1 thru 2." No
"Custom" option is provided. Asterisks indicate that the
communication port numbers are automatically set based on the
selected configuration number. B. The claims
The independent claims are claims 1, 10, and 19, of which
claim 19, which is representative, reads as follows:
19. A method of connecting a portable computer to a
docking station in a docking system, comprising:
physically and electrically connecting said portable
computer to said docking station; and
customizing a hardware configuration in the docking
system for optimum performance.
The terms "customizing," "hardware configuration," and
"optimum" are not defined in the specification and therefore
must be given their broadest reasonable interpretations
consistent with appellants' disclosure. In re Morris, 127
F.3d 1048, 1054, 44 USPQ2d 1023, 1027 (Fed. Cir. 1997).
"Customize" is defined in Webster's Third New International
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